Sentence examples for fray around from inspiring English sources

But what we've been seeing is it's starting to fray around the edges over the last several years.

"Mass production of these boots means that it's drifted to the cheaper kind of plastic compounds, which tend to fray around the edge and become very sharp.

This week, about 5,000 men and boys tried to march into India to rescue relatives or join the fray around Srinigar, about 100 miles away.

However, they were beginning to fray around the edges in a December 1981 In Concert performance, which features less than convincing previews of material from The Gift.

All to no avail: there was another C$70 billion in announced conversions this year alone.While you would not know it from the outcry, the trust sector was already beginning to fray around the edges as some of the riskier vehicles cut distributions and saw their unit prices fall.

Sandrich reunited with Astaire and Rogers on Shall We Dance (1937); while the formula was beginning to fray around the edges, the songs by Ira and George Gershwin, including "They All Laughed" and "They Can't Take That Away from Me," were memorable.

They also sound a little frayed around the edges, especially Mr. Weber, but frayed voices do have their charms, and Mr. Weber's version of the 50's rock hit "Sea of Love" is worth the price of the album all by itself.

Europe is already fraying around the edges.

Unfortunately for the prime minister, it is already looking somewhat frayed around the edges.

Appearance: Slightly too bright, slightly too loud, a little frayed around the edges.

Close up, he is gracious, friendly and a little frayed around the edges.