frayed
Example Sentences
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"When we moved into this house, it was in good condition," she recalls, sitting on a frayed chair and looking at the pink paint peeling off the walls.
From BBC
Police also began to work directly with increasingly active neighborhood organizations that sprang up while city life frayed after the George Floyd riots.
The softness of the fabric, the bumpy stitching, the frayed edges.
From Literature
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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.
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
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