frazzle
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The probe will have to endure temperatures of 1,400C and radiation that could frazzle the onboard electronics.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
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 Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2019
When you push these guys to a frazzle, it’s tough.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2012
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
Of course, fightin' hurts a young fellow because it frazzles the silk outa him an' all that.
From The Valley of the Moon by Jack London
Two hours of chaos frazzled England and exposed old doubts from Root's first spell as captain.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
But a lot of simple tasks have gotten more complicated, and from where I sit, people are more wired but less connected, and definitely more frazzled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Raden, the mall’s 30-year-old director of events, isn’t frazzled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
If you’ve had a nightmare of a journey, don’t arrive frazzled and in a bad temper.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 17, 2026
“No!” screamed Mrs. Lonni Gause, the frazzled holographic librarian, who popped into view behind the circulation desk.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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
And take this to bed with you, brother: the frazzling isn’t half so dangerous as dry rot, or moth eating holes in you.
From At the Crossroads by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
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