Sentence examples for slightly frayed from inspiring English sources

Some of the tweeds were scratched in places, like the elbows, and slightly frayed.

She changed it from a functional stopover, slightly frayed at the edges, to a contemporary and stylish place to stay.

The music is a fluid, humming combination of acoustic guitars, drums, and the slightly frayed chime of the hammer dulcimer.

In a guest bedroom at the Bohicket house, four swoops of slightly frayed silk damask that hang over the windows amp up the space.

With his slightly frayed chinos, well-trimmed beard and philosophical musings, Mr. Matarazzo doesn't look the part of the tobacco-chewing, weatherworn yeoman.

(The book originally cost $35.) Three slightly frayed copies were up for grabs on eBay yesterday, at prices ranging from $44.50 to $405 -- and climbing fast.

It was in Mr. Irvine's interiors, lapped with chintz, paisley throws, Staffordshire pottery, Regency chairs and armadas of pillows, that you could glimpse the real thing: rooms that were eccentric, a bit arch and oh-so-slightly frayed.

Cut two smaller pieces of your wool, wet the ends slightly, fray them and weave them together and then rubbing the wet bits between your hands very briskly until they're dry.

This is necessary because unlike a real jigsaw or a machine-shredded document, in which the pieces fit perfectly, the shreds of a torn document are slightly distorted and frayed at the edges.

The former US Open champion had been involved in a five-set quarter-final against Australia's Lleyton Hewitt, though it was Murray who now appeared slightly the more frayed at the edges.

A week later, the scrim of aplomb had frayed only slightly.