How to Use fraught in a Sentence

fraught

adjective

• This, of course, is among the most fraught topics of the moment.
  — Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• The pilgrimage has been fraught with risks in the past as well.
  — Shams Irfan, Washington Post, 9 July 2022
• But the timing here is a bit fraught, as are the numbers.
  — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2021
• Even a drive to the grocery store is fraught with peril.
  — Angela Rocco Decarlo, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2019
• But first the Pentagon had to come up with a list of names -- a fraught task.
  — The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2021
• And the first two feel a little bit fraught with problems.
  — John Norris, Billboard, 12 Feb. 2018
• The world around them was fraught, with fascism on the rise in Germany, Italy and Spain.
  — Kc Cole, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
• For better or for worse, that area of law is very fraught.
  — John McCormack, National Review, 20 June 2019
• But the days leading up to her death were fraught with tension.
  — CBS News, 6 June 2020
• But the peace prize can serve as a beacon of hope in fraught and fractured times.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
• From the outset, the case has been fraught with politics.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2021
• Yet there are deeper forces at work that make the fight here more fraught than most.
  — Jack Brook, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2020
• The impressions of that night are fraught with issues of race and class.
  — oregonlive, 27 June 2020
• Even if a cheese can be rescued, the act of bringing it back to life can be fraught.
  — Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2020
• Now, the climate may be even more fraught, adding female outrage to the mix.
  — Nina Shapiro, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
• Those six months to Mars could, for astronauts, be a fraught time.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2018
• The world of capsules, pills, and powders is fraught with junk science and sketchy brands.
  — Sara Angle, Outside Online, 18 Apr. 2018
• Trying to study this dynamic would be fraught, to say the least.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2021
• But asking for a say in the drafting would be fraught, anyway.
  — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2020
• That doesn’t even include the larger and more fraught issues.
  — Will Bunch, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
• The drama is tense, fraught and compelling, though with less of a payoff than you’d like.
  — Dallas News, 8 Dec. 2022
• One thing that’s hard to wrap my head around, though, is the notion that food will always be fraught for me.
  — Emma Specter, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2022
• For news content creators who don’t want to take a side, the landscape can be fraught.
  — Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
• The culture wars were manifest in more fraught ways as well.
  — Nicole Laporte, Town & Country, 2 Oct. 2022
• At a time when clothing can still feel fraught, a little sparkle can take one a long way.
  — Marina Khorosh, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2021
• Glaciers are fraught with hazards that range from slips on ice to falls down sinkholes called a moulins.
  — Amy Bushatz, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2021
• As for me, these days, there are no more fraught car journeys with my parents.
  — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 6 July 2020
• But that would’ve been a character that was too fraught to begin with.
  — Carolyn Murnick, The Cut, 1 Sep. 2017
• The rapper's relationship with Sire's mom Joy, however, is fraught.
  — Alexandra Hurtado, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
• Imposing our current values on previous work can be fraught, but Hartlaub comes at this with important questions, not judgment.
  — Longreads, 5 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024