When I hear of them, my fragile equilibrium is destroyed.

Once the Jagiellon dynasty had disappeared from the scene in 1572, the fragile equilibrium of the Commonwealth's government was disrupted.

But the volcanic Azores are, for the moment, suspended in a fragile equilibrium: accessible, yet, to a sufficient degree, untouched.

This way, the researchers suggest, a rather fragile equilibrium in male elephant society is maintained.

It was a fragile, rickety equilibrium built, as it always has been, on the pillars of Egypt and Iraq.

All inhabitants of an ecosystem play a part in maintaining that ecosystem, and a fragile equilibrium is formed.

Their fragile equilibrium creates pictorial tension that elevates them above straightforward observation.

Behind her, Jonnqa sat very still as if afraid that any movement would further fracture her fragile equilibrium.

Still, this time of year challenges their fragile equilibrium.

Anything that jarred the fragile domestic equilibrium represented a material threat to the marriage.