fragment

a minuscule fragment of DNA.

incoherent fragments of a story.

fragments of broken statuary.

the text fragments itself into phrasal units.

The vase was fragmented in shipment.

recombinant fragments; recombinant technology.

This was only a fragment of a long conversation with John.

overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript.

small fragments of pottery, glass, and tiles.

Nathan remembered fragments of that conversation.

fragments of lava hit the ground, fuming and sizzling.

cell fragments which agglutinate and form intricate meshes.

fragmented aspects of the self the subject is unable to sublate.

The interruption fragmented his argument.

They have found several fragments of a Roman vase in the area.

The author skillfully fuses these fragments into a cohesive whole.

The archeologists found fragments of bone in the burial chamber.

fragments of rock were deeply embedded within the wood.

All that remains of the forest are isolated fragments.

There are skin fragments beneath her fingernails.

So bits and pieces can be fragments.

There are little fragments of notes of memos, essentially Roman memos, contracts.

Now, some of those fragments could reach the planet's surface.

Tissue refers to placental fragments retained in the uterine cavity.

There haven't been any fragments reported from the earth's surface.

Inversely, plant fragments can also prove the existence of certain insects.

So he's finding some really small fragments lately.

The maid tried in vain to put the fragments of the broken vase together.