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• The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.From the entry retire
• Now, a hodgepodge of religious conservatives and techno-futurists are leading the United States into the fray.2025 June 15, Anna Louie Sussman, “A Bold Idea to Raise the Birthrate: Make Parenting Less Torturous”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry techno-futurist
• This was the Lawrencetown team and rooters, arriving for the fray.2023, Ambrose Bierce, Staley Fleming's Hallucination. From the entry rooter
• As unsubstantiated claims receive significant backing, skeptics and defenders of mainstream science enter the fray.2011, Taner Edis, Science and Nonbelief, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 153. From the entry mainstream
• Conceptually it’s not tough to understand, so novice Battlefielders will have no problems jumping into the fray.2005 September, Samit G. Choudhuri, Chris Trumble, “Battlefield 2”, in Computer Power User, volume 5, number 9, page 89. From the entry Battlefielder
• Simon's cracking, broken voice rises up above the fray.2007, Anne Landsman, The Rowing Lesson. From the entry liefling
• Fray Bentos (named after a Jesuit priest) rose and fell with the fortunes of the meat company, Frigorífico Anglo del Uruguay.2003 September 21, Tom Hall, “Sunset in a one-pie town”, in The Observer, →ISSN. From the entry Fray Bentos
• Unruly clients might take the bit between their teeth and threaten to drag their patron into the fray.1991, Stephen Kirby, Nick Hooper, The Cost of Peace: Assessing Europe's Security Options, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry bit between one's teeth
• In the sky a blizzard of mighty snowdragons wheeled in impatient spirals, their white riders eager to join the fray.1991, Andrew Bill, The Well of Hope, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.: Holland Studio Craft Ltd., →ISBN, page 1. From the entry snowdragon
• It remains to add that the match was reached in time, and that the Spaldonians were successful in the fray.1950 December, “Notes and News: Spalding-Newark Football Special”, in Railway Magazine, page 855. From the entry Spaldonian
• This new business line—‘Twiplomacy’ in the increasingly popular idiom—is growing fast, with more and more U.S. diplomatic missions and practitioners joining the fray.2013, Daryl Copeland, “Digital Technology”, in Andrew F[enton] Cooper, Jorge Heine, Ramesh Thakur, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Modern…. From the entry Twiplomacy
• Nathan, Dave & Marty, wisely chose to leave the battle strategy to the police, Monday-morning quarterbacking the fray from inside the safety of a cement block restroom building.2007, Al Alloway, Treasure in the Park, self-published, →ISBN, page 126. From the entry Monday-morning quarterback
• The first image shows four women in the fray of the skatearound, the moment of calm when everybody is just watching their back and planning the next attack.1997, Flash Art. From the entry skatearound

Meaning of fray

1. verb To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.
2. verb Of a deer: to rub (its antlers or head) against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet from antlers or to mark territory; also, to rub its antlers against (a tree, etc.) for that purpose.
3. verb To force or make (a path, way, etc.) through.

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How do you use fray in a sentence?

Fray is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The hectic day ended in her nerves frayed.”

What is a short sentence with fray?

“The laces frayed at the cut end.”

What does fray mean?

Fray means to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.