How to Use fraught with in a Sentence

fraught with

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  • But the idea is fraught with risk.
    — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
  • This has been fraught with trouble.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
  • And the entire process is fraught with risks.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • But the project has been fraught with setbacks.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But for some kids, the holiday can be fraught with stress.
    — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But life in a wagon train is fraught with hardship, fear, and death.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 5 June 2023
  • The issues were fraught with emotion.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The fight ahead for Zelensky is fraught with risk.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
  • What is left is a budget-busting system fraught with waste and crime.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 20 July 2025
  • This time of year is often fraught with surprises.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Separating in the alpine is even more fraught with risk.
    — Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And yet, that choice is fraught with compromises and caveats.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2023
  • For more than 50 years, the state’s finances were fraught with frequent crises.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
  • But Grand Slam Track was fraught with issues from the start.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2025
  • No wonder the first few days of kindergarten can be fraught with tears and nerves for many children.
    — Katherine Lee, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • But in recent years, the process has become fraught with fear and actual risk.
    — Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Part of me cringes at optimism, at the word hope, which is fraught with history.
    — Hazlitt, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Even five years later, the medium often feels dull and fraught with challenges.
    — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
  • But many of the president’s proposals are fraught with grave risks.
    — Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
  • But many of the president's proposals are fraught with grave risks.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Yet the math of tipping points is fraught with uncertainty.
    — Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Gun research has long been a discipline fraught with hurdles.
    — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
  • No word is overwrought, no phrase fraught with unearned feeling, no hand ioverplayed.
    — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • And since art is always inclined towards truth, the truth is that life is, in fact, fraught with danger.
    — Malina Saval, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Anthropic staff saw that approach as fraught with danger.
    — Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The final days of the project were fraught with a relentless quest to remain on schedule.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Indeed, the quest to earn a livable wage as one is fraught with complexity.
    — Victoria Chynoweth, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Replacing a battery can be fraught with peril, at least for the iPad.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2022
  • To be a woman is to be fraught with stifling expectations about how to look, act, dress and be.
    — Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
  • Freedom of speech is inherently fraught with bias.
    — Sheldon Jacobson, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026

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