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verb

past tense of fray

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of frayed
Adjective
After years of hostile and frayed relations, Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reestablish diplomatic ties and reopen mutual embassies – a deal reportedly brokered by China that has raised eyebrows across the globe. Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frayed
Adjective
  • What if standing up to Trump is the very thing that saves the Liberal Party, and Trudeau’s tattered legacy?
    Talib Visram, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
  • But the tattered state of the alliance system is not Trump’s doing alone.
    Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020
Verb
  • The host and journalist Garrett Graff, himself a gun owner, contextualizes the past quarter century of mass shootings by laying out the political and legislative maneuvers that have eroded gun-control laws over the previous 50 years.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Yet the bill's bipartisan support eroded in recent days, with some Republican lawmakers voicing doubts due to its cost.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The ragged metallic roaring scream of a Boeing 727 ascending eastward, a high-pitched whine building to a thundering roar, fading to a drone.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The car screamed a ragged series of explosive pops.
    Rachel Kushner, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Gray and faded whiskers may be changed to their natural color and even brown or black by using Buckingham dye – try it.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Groom indoor foliage to remove old leaves, faded flowers and declining portions.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025

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“Frayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frayed. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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