Sentences with fraction
frac·tion
F f - She hesitated for a fraction of a second before responding. [+ of]
- The students had a grasp of decimals, percentages and fractions.
- Only a fraction of disaster recovery funds gets spent on future mitigation.
- Places like Ireland and Israel, both of which are a fraction of our size and have thriving ICT R&D industries, have stolen our thunder.
- A substantial fraction of the nation
- I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
- The aid operation has reached only a fraction of the needy since relief efforts expanded last month.
- Peter Martin The Coalition is considering taxing all but a fraction of Australians at one simple flat rate.
- The meeting started with a fraction of us present.
- Only a fraction of the work was completed on time.
- It was only a fraction away from completion.