frayed
Example Sentences
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She’s wearing a frayed concert shirt and skintight blue jeans.
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Since then, I’ve been sitting on this couch, rubbing the frayed armrest, every second Thursday for three months now.
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It now transpires that, prior to the king's informal comments, Sheinbaum had offered to rekindle the ties between Mexico and Spain that had become frayed by the issue.
From BBC
Amid the unease, Indian IT giants have sought to calm frayed nerves, saying the fears are overblown.
From BBC
On the first day of the war, the psychologist at her daughter’s school reached out with advice on how to calm children’s frayed nerves.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.