| The nature of civilization is that it is a framework wherein people may live together, however fractiously. |
| Flow-based and place-based logics often fractiously collided in the marketplace. |
| The council had promised a review of the rating system and had put the idea out for consultation, but when it came to the vote, it fractiously split down the middle. |
| For all of the rhetoric about teamwork in the health professions, most work is fractiously divided. |
