Sentence examples for a fray from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a fray" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a situation of conflict, struggle, or a state of wear and tear, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "As tensions rose in the meeting, it became clear that the team was on the verge of a fray."
Alternatives: "a conflict" or "a dispute".

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Or what passes for a fray, at least.

It was always the same meal – a Fray Bentos steak and kidney pudding and Angel Delight.

Old tights, sheep bones, giant marrows and a Fray Bentos steak and kidney pie.

She does not seem to be one who leaps into a fray when the consequences might be unpredictable.

All that stuff about cutting Dave's hair with a Fray Bentos tin around his head was pretty near the mark.

AMID the continued scalp-scratching over the Iraq war this week came an announcement of far greater significance for any future British role in such a fray.

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He wears a fraying friendship bracelet.

His overcoat had a frayed and faded velvet collar.

We saw that there was a fraying along the seam of the pocket.

Far beyond official Washington, we would seem to be witnessing a fraying of the bonds of empathy, decency, common purpose.

He would let no one least of all "the Arabs"—take him for a fraier, a sucker, the greatest indignity an Israeli can suffer.

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