frayed
Example Sentences
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When the men's rinks of Canada and Sweden met at the Winter Olympics in Cortina on Friday, tempers became frayed.
From BBC
The paper was frayed and nearly falling apart because every night, without fail, Pili would read to her little brother.
From Literature
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A pair of crucial reports economic reports this coming week, on employment and consumer prices in January, could help sooth frayed nerves if they show a stabilizing labor market and steady inflation.
From MarketWatch
"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.
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