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frazzle

[fraz-uhl] / ˈfræz əl /
NOUN
exhaustion; something very worn
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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

Paul Arguin and Chris Taylor, authors of the new “Fabulous Modern Cookies,” support a well-placed swap of like for like, saving money and frazzle.

From Washington Post Dec. 5, 2022

The lens skulks like a voyeur and does what it can to frazzle us, too.

From New York Times May 5, 2022

Sweet but drowning in self-doubt, Louella is always in a frazzle.

From Seattle Times Aug. 10, 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

The red head nodded till its flying frazzles quivered like tongues of flame.

From Judith of the Cumberlands by Alice MacGowan

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

“Combining travel on the busiest days of the year with big group events can make you frazzled or anxious,” said Manhattan psychotherapist Justena Kavanagh.

From Salon Nov. 26, 2025

The Duckett-Crawley partnership frazzled India, threatening to completely derail the tourists.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2025

Ashley had been around these parts for far too long to really crack, but I was still surprised to see her so frazzled and at a loss for what to say.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Complaints about a lack of available interpreters are common in the downtown courthouse, sometimes delaying cases for people in custody and frazzling interpreters asked to cover more hearings than they can handle.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2023

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

Forward Blake Coleman, a pending free agent who’s likely playing his final series with the Lightning, had a dominant first period on the forecheck, frazzling the Canadiens and drawing a penalty.

From Seattle Times Jul. 7, 2021

It wasn't fast and frazzling, it was slow and soothing.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2014

As to frazzling, seems like we only frazzle just so far, then a stitch holds and we get our breath.”

From At the Crossroads by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock




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