How to use "frayed" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "frayed" in popular movie and book plots

  • Tunnels, a water tower, a steep grade, and a frayed rope complicate the hero's task.  - Play Safe
  • While mopping his van, Stan finds frayed wiring on the floor and goes to Janek’s restaurant to confront him.  - Ogi Jun
  • As Nina recovers in a hospital, the killer decapitates Alex by slamming her onto the frayed edge of a fish tank.  - Dead in 3 Days
  • There are several perspectives and the characters are connected not by unbreakable cables but by translucent, easily frayed willowy threads.  - Mortal Love (novel)
  • Relations between Pat and Bill grow frayed due to his time away and the stress of the TV show's production.  - Cinema Verite (2011 film)
  • After an open house, Harry breaks into the property, and electrocutes the realtor with frayed wires.  - Open House (1987 film)
  • Price and nurse Ruth hide in the basement, and devise a trap to electrocute the beast with some frayed electrical cord.  - Nightbeast
  • By now Eddie's nerves are frayed and furiously forces Richie to begin the game.  - Culture (Bottom)
  • Worn-out instruments, tarnished trophies and frayed certificates testify to the poor conditions of this ragtag group.  - Springtime (2004 film)
  • During the harrowing journey, the party's already frayed nerves are aggravated when the men become attracted to the woman.  - Garden of Evil
  • Meanwhile, cats jump into frayed wires and electrocute themselves.  - Felidae (novel)
  • He passes by the "hanging tree," an old oak with a thick branch over which has been slung a rope with a frayed end, presumably a former noose.  - The Hanging Tree

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