fray
Example Sentences
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The country’s nerves have been frayed, Minister for Social Affairs Aqqaluaq B. Egede told a jam-packed room of local and international journalists.
The speedy transfer of detainees reflects fears that the truce might collapse or that security at detention centers could fray.
But it was a strategic signal that access, not alignment, will guide capital allocation when trust frays.
From Barron's
It also attempts to bring the California Horse Racing Board into the fray by detailing meetings that racing officials had with the regulatory agency.
From Los Angeles Times
But many say this is the worst winter since the start of the full-scale war in 2022, and with no end to hostilities in sight, nerves are frayed.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
