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frazzle

[fraz-uhl] / ˈfræz əl /
NOUN
exhaustion; something very worn
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It was also apparent in a humbling Australian Open quarter-final defeat by 37-year-old Novak Djokovic, who injured his hamstring but managed to frazzle Alcaraz through his wily know-how.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2025

So you think the Olympics frazzle the nerves more than any event?

From Seattle Times Dec. 24, 2021

It turns out Son has the speed of thought and movement to frazzle an unguarded defensive flank.

From The Guardian Nov. 23, 2019

“Campaigns are exhausting. They frazzle your soul. . . . It’s like trying to ride a bicycle in an earthquake,” Galston says.

From Washington Post Aug. 23, 2019

Although I was worn down to a frazzle, I was a happy boy.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

“There’s a script for ‘Barefoot in the Park’ that’s so fragile that I’m afraid to even touch it because the paper is so old that it sort of frazzles away,” he said.

From Washington Post Apr. 25, 2022

Constantly hovering over your children, while simultaneously trying to have a fight on Twitter and find a food recycling bag, frazzles everyone.

From The Guardian Nov. 14, 2018

Many return to a single topic: technology-driven modernity and how it frazzles the contemplative mind.

From New York Times Mar. 23, 2015

It is a lot of typical evenings in New York rolled into one, shaped by Broadway's Neil Simon into a frantic, funny tale that frazzles the nerve ends.

From Time Magazine Archive

Asked about that prairie schooner, Said that they was friends of hisn, Like to wore me plumb to frazzles With his everlasting quiz'n.

From Nancy MacIntyre by Parker, Lester Shepard

In the financial crisis of 2008-09, the investment bank Goldman Sachs had a secret weapon: Its CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, was a lifelong worrywart with plenty of tricks for calming his own frazzled nerves.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

If you’ve had a nightmare of a journey, don’t arrive frazzled and in a bad temper.

From MarketWatch Jan. 17, 2026

“Combining travel on the busiest days of the year with big group events can make you frazzled or anxious,” said Manhattan psychotherapist Justena Kavanagh.

From Salon Nov. 26, 2025

Having been on the receiving end of Wolvaardt's onslaught, it was understandable for the batters' minds to be a little frazzled.

From BBC Oct. 29, 2025

That’s how it is with the firstborn, no matter what kind of mother you are—rich, poor, frazzled half to death or sweetly content.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Washington’s front four also played a role in frazzling Rodgers and making him look more like a rookie than a 38-year-old four-time MVP.

From Washington Post Oct. 23, 2022

This spring, the trio led by singer/guitarist Nicolle Swims dropped its wiry debut EP, marked by Swims’ frazzling, spiky guitar work and wry vocal delivery.

From Seattle Times May 1, 2019

But after a year of frazzling negotiations and two missed deadlines, the diplomats have done just that.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2014

It wasn't fast and frazzling, it was slow and soothing.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2014

As to frazzling, seems like we only frazzle just so far, then a stitch holds and we get our breath.”

From At the Crossroads by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)




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