fray
Example Sentences
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India's support for Hasina has frayed relations between the two neighbours since her overthrow.
From Barron's
The fraying geopolitical relationship between the U.S. and China also hasn’t helped, nor has the increasing trend of younger audiences watching short-form content on their phones.
From Los Angeles Times
Wallen’s music is commercial and polished; Bryan’s is stripped down and frayed.
The skinny look to the scoreboard - a 27-23 victory - matched with frayed nerves and chewed fingernails.
From BBC
Soon the fraying American regiments were being hounded south by west through New Jersey, and by Christmas Day King George’s troops had driven them across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
