FRAYED in a Sentence
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30 example sentences for FRAYED, such as:
1. But the other end is not frayed.
2. This end, which we can examine, is frayed.
3. They were frayed in prickles of starched linen.
4. The three musketeers were in the thick of the fray.
5. Tempers began to fray as the two teams failed to score.
2. This end, which we can examine, is frayed.
3. They were frayed in prickles of starched linen.
4. The three musketeers were in the thick of the fray.
5. Tempers began to fray as the two teams failed to score.
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Meanings and Examples of FRAYED
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frayed
v. cause friction
v. wear away by rubbing
Classic Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1 This formidable baron was clad in a leathern doublet, fitted close to his body, which was frayed and soiled with the stains of his armour.
2 He had a brown hat on his head, and a dirty belcher handkerchief round his neck: with the long frayed ends of which he smeared the beer from his face as he spoke.
3 A frayed top-hat and a faded brown overcoat with a wrinkled velvet collar lay upon a chair beside him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
4 He was clad in a professional but rather slovenly fashion, for his frock-coat was dingy and his trousers frayed.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Context Highlight In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
5 It was certainly more roomy than the ordinary four-wheeled disgrace to London, and the fittings, though frayed, were of rich quality.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
6 Then he carefully scrutinized the broken and frayed end where it had snapped off when the burglar had dragged it down.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
7 This end, which we can examine, is frayed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
8 But the other end is not frayed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
9 He began to beat the frayed end of his ashplant against the base of a pillar.
10 I saw something like them in Hampton Court, but there they were worn and frayed and moth-eaten.
11 It was a little past midday when the four-horse stage-coach by which I was a passenger, got into the ravel of traffic frayed out about the Cross Keys, Wood Street, Cheapside, London.
12 They were frayed in prickles of starched linen.
13 We only love the fray so long as there is danger, and in any case, the combatants of the first hour have alone the right to be the exterminators of the last.
14 The storm of the combat still lingers in this courtyard; its horror is visible there; the confusion of the fray was petrified there; it lives and it dies there; it was only yesterday.
15 He might have been called the invulnerable dwarf of the fray.
Example Sentence:
1 The three musketeers were in the thick of the fray.
2 Tempers began to fray as the two teams failed to score.