‘But as Christmas approaches and everybody's temper gets frayed, it is the low-level aggression that wears staff down.’.

‘The cottonwoods shimmered, the dirt turned gold, but back at camp that night, everyone's nerves frayed from a long day on the rock, emotions ran high.’.

‘And he warns that people need to take steps to avoid long term mental health problems caused by seasonal frazzled nerves, frayed tempers, and over-indulgence.’.

‘And as nerves fray and tempers rise you can be assured of a catty remark or backstage rumpus.’.

‘The girl quickly tucked the blue ends of her hair into her black fraying sweater, concealing them from sight, and jogged up the steps to the church building.’.

‘Often the chimps modified the fishing probe, pulling it through their teeth to fray the end like a paintbrush.’.

‘The moist tawny plumpness of the peaches, dabbled with thick but scratched crimson so that they look like frayed velvet, is further accentuated by the hard cracked shells of the walnuts alongside them on the tablecloth.’.

‘The cheap, no-frills fix is to simply melt the end of the frayed shoelace with the lighter.’.

‘He had a long black coat that trailed the floor slightly, the edges torn and frayed, obviously often used.’.

‘The hallway was a drab grey and the worn carpet was fraying.’.

‘Trevelyan himself was present, bent with age, his musty gown fraying at the edges - emblematic, I remember thinking, of an old order passing.’.

‘First thing that shocks is the decor - everything looks really dated - the sofas seem to be fraying at the edges and the wooden dancefloor is in a poor condition.’.

‘Irate motorists who haven't read the highway code I can deal with, being scruffy because my jacket is already fraying at the edges is another matter.’.

‘The paper was thin and the edges were beginning to fray from age.’.

‘At his feet was a strip of dirt colored cloth, frayed at the edges.’.

‘At intervals of around 2 inches there is fraying all along the edges of the collar and sleeves.’.

‘This is a fabric which frays badly and the best way to finish it is to encase those edges within the seams.’.

‘Underground cables become frayed from aging, corrosive chemicals, overload or rats biting them.’.

‘Ribbons fray over time, and they have to be replaced.’.

‘Moreover, overlocking seams and hemming garments are not necessary because the fabric doesn't fray.’.

‘This fabric doesn't fray, comes in a wide array of patterns and solids, and does not need to be hemmed or sewn!’.

‘‘Cheap’ thread will fray, break and cause knotting of the thread while sewing.’.

‘That much was true, but I'd overlooked just how much of the fabric has frayed or worn a little bit, exposing the pure-white threads underneath the blue.’.

‘The cloth had frayed at the edges the tassels had unraveled.’.

Into the fray the grey