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
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
So you think the Olympics frazzle the nerves more than any event?
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
When you push these guys to a frazzle, it’s tough.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2012
The tassels on top had started to frazzle.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
“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
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
“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
In front of his right ear dangled a gray and frazzled ringlet, like the hair of a very old man.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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
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
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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