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• The rope has frayed where it bears on the rim of the wheel.From the entry bear
• He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.From the entry sentencing
• I looked critically at the frayed carpet of the hotel room.From the entry critically
• The hectic day ended in her nerves frayed.From the entry fray
• The laces frayed at the cut end.From the entry fray
• A frayed rope will pull apart under tension.From the entry pull apart
• Conveniently for the defence, it’s dragging out and our nerves are getting frayed.2013, Lisa Bonavita, Secrets Exposed: When Remaining Silent Is No Longer an Option, →ISBN, page 50. From the entry drag out
• Your dad wore jorts before you did and he's got the short frayed denim to prove it.2012 March 28, Brad Getty, Dads Are the Original Hipsters, San Francisco: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 11. From the entry jorts
• A frayed line is a painful sight to a good seaman.1999, Marine Crewman's Handbook: Field Manual 55-501, US Dept of the Army. From the entry whipping
• A lady in frayed alpaca, carrying a house-flannel, came to hearken.1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company. From the entry alpaca
• Tokyo should swallow some of its suspicions and move more quickly to rebuild frayed ties with South Korea.2022 July 1, The Japan Times Editorial Board, “Groundbreaking NATO summit means work for Japan”, in The Japan Times, archived from the…. From the entry Tokyo
• The groin area, however, is now decidedly frayed.2017, Richard Blandford, Hound Dog. From the entry spunkless
• She turns off towards the river, where the lawns lie autumned on the banks between the frayed golden willow branches.2003, Antjie Krog, A Change of Tongue, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry autumn
• Major causes of residential fires are: smoking, deep friers, frayed electrical cords, electrical shorts and overloads, space heaters and stoves.2000, Joanne Lalonde-Hayes, Patricia Lalonde, editors, More Time Moms Project Planner 2001, Aylmer, Que.: More Time Moms Publishing Inc.…. From the entry deep frier
• He wore frayed khaki shorts, calf-high reefwalkers with tabi toes, and a grubby yellow t-shirt imprinted dalriada windsurfer racing team.1984, Julian May, The Adversary (Saga of Pliocene Exile; 4), Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 187. From the entry reefwalker
• A long combat career exposed to weapons blasts had left him struggling with depression and anger, a frayed memory and addled concentration.2024 December 16, Dave Philipps, Mark Abramson, “Seeking Relief From Brain Injury, Some Veterans Turn to Psychedelics”, in The New York…. From the entry addled
• I don’t want to suggest that any attempt to onshore production will doom America to runaway costs, supply-chain catastrophes, and frayed global alliances.2023 February 8, Derek Thompson, “Don’t ‘Buy American’”, in The Atlantic. From the entry onshore
• And it seemed, perhaps fancifully, that those two moments had become the bookends of a generation and of a nation’s frayed sense of equilibrium.2022 September 19, Alan Cowell, “From Coronation to Funeral: Bookends to the Life of a Queen, and a Generation”, in The New York Times…. From the entry bookend
• Lots of gorgeous details embellish this cotton kurta from frayed layered collar, fabric loops and buttons to a pleated hemline with laces.2019 November 20, “Ammara Khan brings effortless elegance in RTW collection 'Queen Bee'”, in Something Haute, archived from the original…. From the entry brink pink
• Think spiky ankle boots rather than DMs, black sweaters laddered to expose an expertly judged glimpse of décolletage instead of cardigans with frayed cuffs.2009 August 1, Jess Cartner-Morley, “How to dress: The grunge revival”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024. From the entry glunge
• The communal area is constantly cruisey, whether you′re slung low in a hammock or sipping your BYO stubbie in the cool, cushioned area with a frayed map in hand.2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 384. From the entry stubbie
• They had flopsy hair, tucked their frayed tailored trousers into their boots, carried flasks in their moleskin blazers and never looked as if they were trying too hard.2009 February 19, Mike Albo, “Dressed to Impress, With a Southern Drawl”, in New York Times. From the entry flopsy
• The Santa Fe, called the Jerk Water route because they "jerked" water from ponds and wallows for the engine, still frayed out at the Kansas line.1954, Mari Sandoz, The Buffalo Hunters: The Story of the Hide Men, page 171. From the entry jerk water

Meaning of frayed

1. adjective Unravelled; worn at the end or edge.
2. adjective Exhausted, strained, beleaguered, or suffering from stress.

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Questions about frayed in a sentence

How do you use frayed in a sentence?

Frayed is used as an adjective. For example: “The rope has frayed where it bears on the rim of the wheel.”

What is a short sentence with frayed?

“The laces frayed at the cut end.”

What does frayed mean?

Frayed means unravelled; worn at the end or edge.