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The phrase "frayed nerves" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe the feeling of being stressed or anxious due to a particularly difficult or emotionally trying situation. For example: "The long wait in the hospital lobby had frayed everyone's nerves."
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At least Federer shared frayed nerves with Clijsters on Monday.
The question has frayed nerves in New Jersey, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Georgia.
The mere threat of martial law has frayed nerves in this rattled country.
The rat-a-tat-tat of bad news has frayed nerves up and down Wall Street.
He persuaded most of the Egyptian staff to keep working for us and tried to settle frayed nerves.
The result was frayed nerves and growing exhaustion, as call after call piled up on top of other crises, like ambulances stuck in snow.
At its peak it will transport 72,000 passengers and go some way to relieving the interminable congestion and frayed nerves experienced every year.
It should soothe frayed nerves and relieve the thick anxiety.
The defiance, the back talk, the selective listening, and the whining all grate on my already frayed nerves.
Shapiro is a gifted chronicler of frayed nerves.
Do the math: it's a calculus for frayed nerves.
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