Frayed nerves kept many of the marines from getting much sleep.

Frayed threads and blood mingle but I have no sense of pain.

Frayed nerves grew yet more ragged as the hour wore on.

Frayed battle standards hung above the central dais of the hall.

Frayed nerves relaxed and the burns on his fingers cooled.

Frayed bits glued along the edges made it look as if the painting had been cut from its frame.

Frayed roots are easily infected by harmful fungus and insects.

Frayed cable ends inside waved at him like seaweed fronds.

Frayed wires dangle like old yarn from peeling yellow walls.

Frayed laces, like you pull on them too hard when you tie them.

Frayed discipline or not, Tuvok still retained the ability to make quick decisions when needed.

"Frayed, but it should hold with repair."

Frayed nerves and boredom and bad temper made the air hum like thunderstorm weather.

Frayed nerves have replaced good vibes.

Frayed wires dangle from the ceiling.

In 1969, she said, "the tragedy" occurred: Frayed wires sent her house up in flames, taking the lives of seven brothers and sisters.

Frayed wires can cause fires.

Frayed cuffs on his trousers.

Community's Frayed Nerves But the city was finally forced to ask that question when a record 350,000 young people streamed in in 1985.

Frayed posters hanging crooked and defaced on the dingy walls, some teacher's hopeless attempt to cheer things up.

(The band is billed on the marquee as "Frayed Ends.")

Frayed nerves."

Frayed carpet parted.

Midtown performs Frayed Ends live at the Knitting Factory.

'Frayed clutch cable most likely,' says Mark before we pull up and I'm profoundly impressed when we find it is.

He spent several years living with his parents, but that relationship frayed.

But as of late, her political connections seem to have frayed.

There is evidence to suggest, however that their relationship frayed in later life.

Indeed, they appear to be fraying at exactly the wrong time.

Its end had frayed and I fixed a new one on it.

It was quite good strong rope, frayed only in one place.

But then slowly the anger frayed out of her face.

Then, while his mind frayed out into the hungry dark, he made an effort to do the same for himself.

The Soviet party has been fraying more with each new crisis.

Oh the this iron's fraying on the end for some reason.

But political experts here said the dispute had frayed their relationship.

A heat wave that has frayed the country for more than a week may have kept many of them away.

He at once saw that the broken ends were frayed.

Some of the material, like its author, is a bit frayed around the edges.

Over time, the consensus on the part of politicians has frayed.

His nerves were frayed almost to the breaking point, now.

Their nerves were frayed so thin that anything could happen.

It had not frayed and finally parted after long wear.

While waiting always frays the nerves of those who have only time to think.

Maybe it had been frayed in the course of the descent into the mine.

But their situation had changed for the worse, and now her nerves were frayed again.

The community is not coming apart, but its edges are fraying.

They had been over this a hundred times, and she saw that his nerves were frayed.

But the world had changed, and the rule of law was getting more than a little frayed around the edges.

It's like a piece of cloth where the edge has frayed.