| 单词 | frayed |
| 例句 | The holes were big and uneven, and the rope was frayed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I hold onto that hope like the frayed end of a lifeline, because I still refuse to face any of the alternatives. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And now he noticed that the ropes that held the swing were frayed and the picket fence that had looked so bright and perky before was really flaked, peeling, even leaning to the left. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Its hem was frayed from dragging up and down the rough stone steps of the stacks, and it was large, so the shape of him was quite lost within it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was a strip of cloth made of blue-striped fabric, frayed and faded. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She made me sit down on the frayed silk of her eighteenth century settee while she made me a little supper, with bread and honey and coffee, and tiny yellow apples, and a boiled egg. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He looked up at the hoist with the frayed straps hanging down. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Her nerves were still as frayed as old rope; every sudden skitter and crunch of leaf underfoot rattled her insides. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Their long embroidered kilts had seen better days: The colors were faded and the tassels frayed or missing entirely. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They jump from faded paint on the wall to frayed edges on the quilt cover to a David Letterman bobble-head on top of a stack of magazines, on top of an old record player. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Estha Mon!” he would call out, in his high, piping voice, frayed and fibrous now, like sugarcane stripped of its bark. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The leather is frayed and splattered with paint, but it’s still a million times better than the backpack I already can’t believe I let Mom buy me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He began fishing limes out of his frayed pockets. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s early evening as I climb the frayed ratlines that drape the ship like shrouds. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Florah was singing lullabies to Merriam; Maria was playing placidly with her frayed rag doll; and George huddled near the brazier, sleeping. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The frayed threads, like delicate hairs of a newborn child, caught the dim light from the doorway. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The ends of his frayed boxer shorts were visible below. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She slipped out of bed and went to her window, A servant was sweeping the empty driveway with a frayed broom. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z One man looked poorer than the others; the cuffs of his coat were frayed and his hands were stained with ink. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminded her of the time she’d been plugging a frayed lamp cord into the wall and her finger had landed on bare wire. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I pick up a pair of jeans that are frayed on the bottom and have a few holes in them, and am about to show them to Mama, until I think better of it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z By the time the girls burst into my room, frayed backpacks and old bucket purses busting at the seams, I was all ready to go. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z These strong passions have somewhat frayed the tolerance for ambiguity that is essential to science. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It's the perfect hat for Max, and it hides the frayed ends of the wires I've trimmed. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The other Edith’s box looks wilted and old, with its worn cardboard and frayed edges. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But with her diamond-patterned mermaid tail, frayed tank top, and the little beaded seashell necklace around her neck, the drawing was also Greenleigh. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She is carrying two towels: one white, one gray, both frayed at the edges. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The album was flipped through and, finally, the customer was satisfied and seated, frayed plastic hoisted around her neck, her chair height adjusted, and Mariama all the time smiling a smile full of things restrained. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The survivors were exhausted and haggard looking, their clothes frayed and soiled and smelling heavily of vinegar and camphor. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Soon one of the nailheads was almost out of sight under the frayed edges. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman’s hair was long and disheveled, and her long tunic dress was torn and frayed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Johnny broad-shouldered, in jeans and a pink plaid button- down so old its edges are frayed; nails bitten, hair cropped. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z As she pulled on her red jacket and tied the frayed and knotted laces of her shoes, she thought about it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Now its blue soft covers were beginning to fade and its corners were frayed. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I closed the cover and fingered one of the rounded corners, feathered and frayed from overuse. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z There were dark smudges under his eyes, the frayed edges of somebody who hadn’t slept in a while. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to stay calm, but the way he spat the word out—Blue—rankled my already frayed nerves. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Above from the crab apple tree the frayed end of the rope swung gently. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The flowers had been laid evenly to cover the mound of new-turned damp earth, and already the wind had frayed the blossoms and flung the smaller bouquets out into the path. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The cement floor was a jungle of boxes, ragged pants, overalls, jackets, bicycles, unwashed pots and pans, opened cans of fish, empty beer bottles and cartons, old newspapers, greasy underwear and frayed suitcases. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The sight was a welcome relief for my frayed nerves. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They were all a jumble of frayed fabric and slack collars, the students at the party, all their clothes looked determinedly worn. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z You can imagine the scene: a dark-paneled room, an artfully frayed Persian carpet, row upon row of leather-bound legal volumes, oil paintings of Mr. Mudge and Mr. Rose on the wall. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I tore the LED bulbs out of one and left the two frayed power wires very close together. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He drooled and the saliva dripped down to her breasts, soaking her frayed polyester bra. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The next morning I met Dinitia in front of the pool entrance, my thrift - shop one-piece rolled inside my frayed gray towel. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When I get closer to them, I see that they’re worn and frayed at the edges. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z For one thing, the relationship between Lawrence and Oppenheimer had become seriously frayed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There were two mattresses on opposite sides of the room, a worn Herati rug with frayed edges in between, a three-legged stool, and a wooden table in the corner where Hassan did his drawings. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The thing had frayed in the wash, so the silvery gray now just looked gray, a total noncolor, like something she’d washed and worn for a decade. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And, most of all, that frayed and tattered letter stuck to my chest like a scar. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z After a bit I shimmied up the frayed rope to see how climbable the tree was. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Amil started to play with the thin, frayed leather on his sandals. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I have something for you,” he says, then hands over a paperback, its edges frayed and bent. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Now, having run out of things to say, she was standing at her desk with her frayed shawl clasped around her shoulders. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A length of frayed rope bound the bundle together. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He unspools the memories, and sometimes they have knots in them, and. sometimes they are frayed, but they are the things he thinks of when he thinks about his father. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He had thinning hair and a scruffy beard and a frayed tweed jacket, which always smelled like coffee. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z We followed him through dim, grimy hallways where barefoot children dressed in frayed sweaters ambled around. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She still had a rope around her waist, frayed green nylon. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She nestles her grandson beneath a frayed blanket on her bed and kisses his eyes closed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Or because she looks just right, even wearing frayed jean shorts and a T-shirt. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Excited, she picked out the first book, but she grew quiet as she saw how raggedy it was—the binding frayed, even missing pages. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The gaoler was a scarecrow of a man with a rat's face and frayed beard, clad in a mail shirt and a leather half cape. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I could see the jagged holes, and the frayed edges. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I knotted their frayed ends together with the wires that sprouted off the reed, just as I’d always pictured. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Matty scolded his puppy, who had jumped to grab and tug at the frayed edge of the woman’s skirt. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Patched, frayed, and dirty, the hat lay motionless at Harry’s feet. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Underneath he was wearing a simple white shirt and a pair of rather disreputable looking pants held up by a piece of frayed rope. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It's so worn the edges are frayed, and so huge it swallows her up, so tiny is she. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He untied the frayed ropes and unwrapped the fabric that covered it. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z A frayed scandal sheet called Madam Solaina's Secrets is tucked between two pages. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As I pass him, I grow very conscious of the frayed rope in my hand leading the cow, and the rhythm of my ponytail swinging back and forth behind me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice trailed off, but I picked up the frayed ends of his thought all the same—how could I not? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His favorite pair has frayed cuffs and a small tear in the rear. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It’s altogether white now and looks like frayed nylon thread. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s just as dark and wears the same frayed red dress every other day. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She wears a yellow star pinned to her frayed brown coat. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z She was standing still, one hand upon the doorknob; the other hand clutched a frayed pocketbook, which she dropped and ran to him, throwing her arms about him, crying, “My baby. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Trails of frayed odd ribbons and precious bits of gift wrap and other junks of the past. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The frayed end had become entangled in a fairsized dead limb. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She frayed them away, one by one, and everyone moved faster and more purposefully. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Fear kept coming back, sprouting up anew as soon as Anya frayed those threads away. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Then she takes off her raggedy skirt and runs right into the swooshing ocean in the long, frayed T-shirt she's wearing. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Father is walking around in frayed trousers, and his tie is also showing signs of wear and tear. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He had on a loose black T-shirt and jeans that were frayed at the hems. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The Assassin picked at the frayed cuff of her blouse. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z From how frayed it is, I’d say I wasn’t the first to have this idea. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The seams of the cushions were frayed and slipping apart. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z My nerves felt frayed, and it was all somehow more intense because we didn’t really speak. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Candice stretched out on the couch with her eyes glued to her dad’s old iPod touch and her feet tucked underneath a frayed throw pillow. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then, carefully, using the delicate cutting tools she had been given, Kira snipped away the frayed threads. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z While I walked I thought about Dee, thought about her frayed orange and gold sari and the red color painted on her tiny lips. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My patience was as frayed as my second-best dress. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Through absence and neglect, the ties that bound me to my father and to Laertes had frayed since I had entered Gertrude's service. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Tatterfell sews on cunning cuffs made from the scales of pinecones around the edges of frayed sleeves. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A pair of frayed trousers stick out from beneath a ’55 Plymouth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I love this place: the jumble of old, glittery broaches in the glass case, the worn pots and dishes and frayed baskets on the bookshelves. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw something like them in Hampton Court, but there they were worn and frayed and moth-eaten. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z We were instructed to repair the garments, but we discovered that most of these jerseys were frayed beyond repair. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The clothes were frayed, though, with wear, and they were barefoot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Koffi tugged at her tunic’s frayed neckline, trying to temper a moment’s guilt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It is thick, with a worn cover and frayed edges. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I started cleaning the camp area, or what was left of it I piled all the palm fronds, frayed by the wind, in one place; sticks of wet driftwood in another. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Trainer Conway was a frayed wire, shouting at reporters to get the hell away from his horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z An image flashes through my mind of the frayed tire swing rope over the river that snapped in two one summer when I tried to kick too high, sending me plunging into the water. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z His jeans are dark and frayed at the hems. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z All they ever really saw of the soldier in white was a frayed black hole over his mouth. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z What if her girlfriends pawed through her threadbare socks, Nancy Drew mysteries, and frayed hair ribbons, casting them aside and choosing none? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z By now my two pairs of pants were threadbare and my three sweaters were frayed. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing an old seersucker suit which hung very loosely on him—he, too, had lost some weight—and a frayed old Sulka tie. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On board were two benches, some steel wool, an old cooler, and a mound of frayed rope with one end tied to the mooring. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Nothing had changed—the frayed red curtains, the armchairs with the upholstery worn thin, the hideous mud-colored carpet. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His wrapper had come undone to reveal a pair of white shorts with a frayed elastic band at the waist. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The leather satchel he carried looked familiar, worn and oily dark with handling, the edges frayed and repaired with duct tape. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They were often the first sign of a storm, the frayed hem of cloud heavy with weather. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Then he looked at my torn, frayed jeans. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She was exasperated by his mugs of coffee at five in the morning, the disorder of his workshop, his frayed blanket, and his custom of sitting in the street door at dusk. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Violet stood up and took off her coat, carefully pulling her arms trapped in frayed silk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaves me in a wide, windowless corridor crammed with people sitting on metallic folding chairs set along the walls, others on the thin frayed carpet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Baachan’s coat was old with frayed sleeves, but it looked heavy, so she was probably warm enough. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z With the one tipping out of alignment, the whole elegant scheme had torn, frayed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The painting over their fireplace, by Daniel Aronstein, was a modem depiction of an American flag: strips of frayed muslin layered with oil paints in greens and mauve. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z My mother says frequently that she doesn’t give a hoot about clothes, but this indifference does not extend to holes, frayed edgs, or dirt. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Ivanito watches his mother put on her flannel nightgown then wrap herself in a frayed Chinese tunic embroidered with chrysanthemums, a onetime gift from his father. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Passengers’ clothes, still dressy in those days, nevertheless showed wear and tear: hats gone unblocked for months, hemlines and cuffs frayed, neckties and lapels gravy-stained. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She remembered watching, fascinated, as her mother pushed a bone needle with thick colorful thread through the fabric; gradually a bright gold replaced the small frayed spot on one sleeve. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept Pong's bracelet supply up, always replacing the frayed ones just before they snapped. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Books balanced precariously on top of shelves, and there was a tall stack with bright, frayed covers next to her desk. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was looking down now, playing with the frayed edges of the straw mat. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Ben answered the phone and heard the voice of Arrabelle Smalls frayed with hysteria and almost unintelligible as she wept and tried to speak at the same time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In a minute all that was left of the man was a frayed mess of veins and entrails hanging from the monster's mouth. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben was sitting on a stump, huddled in his frayed brown cloak. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had dim eyes and two buttons missing on his frayed maroon coat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was very tired, Yellin was, and his nerves long past frayed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He felt they sensed each other’s frayed loneliness as past champions, a nostalgia to which few could relate. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He had in his pocket and placed on the parlor table the lead bullet they had given him to bite while they cut off his frayed leg. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A little boy and his sister straddled an ox, gripping a frayed piece of rope tied around the animal’s neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Jinx made his way through a cramped maze of tables, chairs, and empty whiskey glasses, past a frayed curtain. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I picked up the bottom end of it, attached my jumar* to the slightly frayed line, and began to climb. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Overhead, the rope frayed with its next sharp drop, and Mary Lou screamed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Gently, gently, I picked at the knot in the frayed green nylon. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The spurt of flames it sent up lit the frayed edge of the papers and quickly spread over the whole bundle. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Sally had first cried and then attempted to pull themselves together, but their nerves were frayed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “It’s because it’s so young here,” said the OIC, whose nerves seemed frayed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But no one else cared that Professor Lupin’s robes were patched and frayed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z They were dressed in jeans of that light blue, lighter and a little frayed at the seams, that can be achieved only by a hundred washings. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It's navy, already tighter than it should be, frayed at the hem and several years old, from before the war. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She didn’t look too enthusiastic about having Ron as a partner, though; her dark eyes lingered on the frayed neck and sleeves of his dress robes as she looked him up and down. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was carved in black wood, with a canopy of angels in relief and a few scraps of red brocade that were frayed with age. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Arliss was racing around the cabin, dragging a short piece of frayed rope. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside are a small anaco and blouse, and a pile of fabric scraps of all colors, faded and frayed. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Without thinking, Jule pulled off her running shorts and then her bleached, frayed Stanford T-shirt. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She held up a small key tied with a frayed blue ribbon. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A strange tassel hung from the top of the book—a worn leather cord, frayed and tied back together in several spots. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Nick and Leah end up talking about Doctor Who, and Leah tucks into the video game chair, tugging the frayed hem of her jeans. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Two beds, a washstand, and a wooden trunk with frayed leather straps nearly filled it. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bottom edges of his jeans were frayed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Flies perched on them in dense clusters, so that for a moment it seemed as if their frayed white caftans had been splashed with dark-colored paint. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She picks at the frayed edges of the rug. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Palmer tore off the paper to reveal an old, frayed shoe box. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “We have a ham at Christmas,” she responded, inspecting a frayed cuff. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They crept inside, stepping over frayed curtain ropes, a lute with no strings, a plastic pitcher, and an old broom. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z This hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z We were sitting on the ribbed wooden floor, on frayed, stained blankets used to wrap furniture, feeling for one another with our hands. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The binding is frayed, and the rope around its center barely holds in the contents. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z ‘Father, this hero has fought long and hard for our cause. His nerves are frayed. We should take that into account.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There was a frayed velvet rope and a big pink-once-red awning. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z There was a frayed weariness in the old man’s words, as though they had long since worn out. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And they voted to replace the bell rope, seeing how it was so frayed it would certainly come down by springtime. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z You stroked a frayed knot of the rope that had once held our roof together. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Celia half drags her son to her bed, the bed in which he was conceived, and for three days he sleeps wrapped in blankets and his father’s frayed pajamas. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t much oomph left in the stuffing, and the edges were frayed. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I squinted into the dim space, trying to focus on the frayed wire. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “My nails are a sight from all that scouring,” she said, taking a long file off the mantelpiece and smoothing a frayed thumbnail. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z His eye patch was frayed around the edges and the black cloth was faded, like he’d been wearing it a long, long time. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z My jacket scrapes at my arms, my hair is frayed, and my eyes feel shot with blood. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Her cargo shorts are frayed at the edges, and her gardening clogs smell like they’ve been doing exactly what they were made for. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She was wearing the same light-blue tee shirt and black yoga pants that she'd been in the last time Hazel saw her, but they were now faded and frayed. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I peek at the long cardboard box he just came out of and see a couple of plastic bags tied closed and a frayed green comforter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I untied my frayed shoestrings—I had to cut them, too—and slipped my sneakers off, tucking them under the bench. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z "House Kent is falling apart, going bankrupt. Did you see Lady Kent's dress—frayed at the hem." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He is one of the men wearing a worn hat, woven and frayed. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Something tiny, like a frayed string, flicked from its mouth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Once they reached Weep and all was revealed, whoever had made the closest guess would win the purse—which was up to some five hundred silver now, and bursting at its frayed green seams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The place smelled of their beer and hair tonic, their punch-clock misery, their frayed nerves, their trade unionism. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Most of the book spines were faded and frayed. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A fly was ready fastened on the line, a black gnat, a little frayed but still hairy enough. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I let the cow out and lead her by a frayed rope down another dusty road to the colegio grounds, where she grazes on the grass near the avocado trees. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The straps that had suspended the shark from the hoist had been sliced and frayed. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I find only the frayed end of a seat belt and a broken buckle. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The floor was covered with a flat rug whose fringes had worn away into frayed edges where they met the wood floor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There was nothing in the room, just a frayed rug, a few dishes, a pair of mattresses, and a lantern. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My entire world had shrunk down to the frayed margins of the sodden road. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I sit in her matching chair, which is less frayed but just as worn. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A man with a shirt frayed at the cuffs, without a jacket and wearing broken shoes, marched along reciting the Poet’s most revolutionary poems, his grief streaming down his face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A boy, larger than himself and probably a few years older, was standing at a counter talking with a stout marketwoman in a frayed red skirt. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He bought his clothes old—frayed, holey, faded. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It worked fairly well; at least he was now lace-free, although he hadn’t done a very neat job, and the edges still looked depressingly frayed as the boys set off downstairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In her black shirt that hangs below her bottom and pants that are frayed at the hem, she looks smaller than the rest of the group. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was intrigued by her strange, flat-toed shoes, badly frayed, worn down by the boards. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The bed was as empty as the stairs, its sheets frayed by mice. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z And even that rope had frayed and been reknotted in precisely the same spot, and she knew it intimately, having been tied up in that very sledge for several agonizing hours. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a robe of rich baroque brocades, yet on his feet were frayed, treadworn slippers. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He ran his trembling fingers around and around the frayed bracelets on his left wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Marcos decorated the carriage house with some frayed curtains that had once belonged in the drawing room but that neglect and age had turned to dusty rags. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Almost,” Anya grumbled, and the rope finally frayed enough for her to yank it apart. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z His bright, indignant eyes swept from my battered gray cap, down the frayed sweater and paint-stained pants to a pair of clodhoppers. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have something for you,” he says, then hands over a paperback, its edges frayed and bent. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I asked, touching the frayed skin around his thumbnail. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He looks old and worn, like the red velvet sofa that’s frayed and faded over the years. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Music from a jukebox blared from the windows; men in stained overalls, factory workers, and women in frayed dresses were sitting on the crumbling front steps. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The girl wears a long shirt, which is an excuse for a dress; its frayed hem kisses the tops of her feet. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The fallen logs with frayed strips of bark. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Three frayed electrical leads sprout from the top. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They used steel cables, frayed at the ends. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And that skin is getting frayed, battered and damaged. Best science books of 2012 2012-11-29T15:05:01Z Calling all tomato pickers, the old ones, wearing frayed radiator masks. Juan Felipe Herrera, Poet Laureate With a Working-Class Voice Meant to Be Spoken 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z It made the band members appear craggy, frayed and ageless even when they were young acid freaks defining West Coast psychedelia and the new counterculture decades ago. Grateful Dead pays slack tribute to legacy 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z If I'm New Here is a frayed monologue by a legend looking back on his life, then We're New Here is a dialogue across generations. Leader of the pack: Jamie xx 2011-02-26T00:03:00Z Mr. Allman, who had a liver transplant in June, brought a frayed, sometimes otherworldly tone to his bluesy “Floating Bridge,” about facing death. Music Review: Kindred Spirits, Young and Mature 2010-10-21T22:10:00Z Still, the measured usage of audio clips over blurs of color swirling in water – some on frayed fabric, some liquid and ambiguous – anchor the production in a sense of steadily rising angst. Beyond sex trafficking and sashes, HBO's chilling NXIVM docuseries "The Vow" proves a cult's power 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Sometimes it takes an outsider’s eye to see beyond a familiar or frayed surface. Ben Brantley Answers Your London Theater Questions 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z These kids are picking at the frayed thread of acoustic roots music, breathing new life into 80-year-old standards. Young bands breathe new life into acoustic roots music at Northwest Folklife Festival 2010-05-29T03:55:00Z As their marriage weakened and became frayed, the idea of losing what the four of us had—in a town where friendships weren’t easily made—grieved us all. His infidelity, our infertility: Could I forgive an emotional affair now? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z “These are frayed and fractured human beings,” she says of playing Beale, the charming society lady who lived in squalor at the end of her life. Essential Arts & Culture: Obama library architect chosen, the troubles at USC Roski, a key L.A. gallery closes 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z By the time the authorities caught up with her, she was in ill health, living in a jumbled house stuffed full of sculptures and antiques — like some sort of frayed "Miss Havisham character," writes Amore. 'Art of the Con' paints revealing picture of scammed collectors 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Taken together, the three novels offer a portrait of a family—and a country—struggling to find its way amid the frayed politics of the war and its aftermath. A Daughter of Bangladeshi Revolutionaries Makes Sense of Life After War 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The narrative is nothing but a tangle of frayed threads that pull at murky concepts not quite developed, barely seen. My streaming gem: why you should watch The Point 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z We're talking about working-class guys with raw edges and frayed nerves who are not without their moments of both high comedy and deeply-felt introspection. 'Lakeboat': Salty language and guy insecurities worth 3 1/2 stars 2011-01-21T18:28:01Z Pay no attention to the frayed and porous plot; pull on a loose thread, and the spell will unravel. Review: ‘Swiss Army Man’ Is a Buddy Movie in Which One Pal Is Dead 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z This novel reminds us what it’s like navigating a foreign country: Connections feel frayed, self-doubt proliferates, the immigrant is never sure what is normal and what isn’t. In This Debut Novel, a Chinese Immigrant Keeps His Sleepwalking Sister’s Secrets 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z It's with these words – sung in a frayed, despondent sigh over minimal piano and distant drum splashes - that Bonnie "Prince" Billy, aka Will Oldham, can reduce me to a quivering wreck. Tracks of our tears: the songs that make G2 writers weep 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z Floating against white, shoulders frayed and sleeves splayed, the dress seems to be ascending; at once it is damaged skin and released spirit. In her photos, Ishiuchi Miyako focuses on the dynamics, tensions of postwar Japan 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z The low-ceilinged, somewhat frayed venue is reminiscent of the original nonvegetarian cafeterias in Chennai, known as “military hotels,” supposedly because they catered to soldiers who were more likely meat eaters. Indian Chains in New York, Worthy of Their Flagships 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The 63-year-old author was wearing a frayed pink shirt, black pants and black boots. Literary Brooklyn Gets Its Leading Man 2012-06-22T20:21:18Z She pulls herself up to her bedside table, toward the Restless Legs Cream perched atop her frayed Bible. Ailing, alone and 89. So how could Hilda Reynolds be joyous? 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z In some ways, though, Ms. Carey is comfortable letting those frayed seams show. Mariah Carey Brings Christmas to the Beacon Theater 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Particularly in Haiti, where the social fabric was frayed in the best of times, the sight of people in official-looking garb suddenly became a visible symbol of the stability the earthquake destroyed. 2010-01-22T00:02:00Z In “Katla,” estranged sisters, one of them dead, work at mending their frayed relationship; and in “The Returned,” a serial killer in a former life learns to rue and curb his lethal impulses. The Dead Get a Do-Over 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “When I think specifically about the black-Jewish alliance and how many things it’s done for this country — in government, in the arts — that partnership is a little frayed,” he explained. It’s Thurgood Marshall to the Rescue in a New Thriller 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z “The only thing he and Dennis had in common was that they both loved Claire,” Hulse writes, “and now that she was gone, so too was the fragile, frayed thread that tied them together.” Book review: ‘Black River,’ by S.M. Hulse 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z But over time, relations with her ex, with whom she shares custody of two children, frayed. Joint Custody, From a Distance 2012-11-23T21:27:45Z The cubes are not closed, but rather extend in projecting rods, like the frayed edges of fabric, suggesting the network might continue to grow. Serpentine Gallery becomes Serpen-Tron 2013-06-04T15:46:57Z His mutable features could switch from cherubic to lupine to gravely smouldering; his nerve endings felt exposed like frayed electrical wires. Gael García Bernal: 'The pandemic has taught me that I need something to say' 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z With his motorcycle jacket and frayed jeans, he cultivates a tough-guy persona. There’s Magic in the Air, if You Believe 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Instead, he lazily plucked the frayed strings of left-wing angst, even settling for easy name calling: “chicken-hearted Democrats,” “yuppies with clever brains and no minds.” ‘A Voice Still Heard,’ a Collection of Essays by Irving Howe 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Wrecked and hers — the home, the body, the frayed relationship with the town, country. When the ‘Change of Life’ Means It’s Time to Change Your Life 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z A full-skirted gown in white organza evoked Pointillism with tiny frayed ribbons, while another was embroidered all over in pale blue and pink feathers. On the Runway Blog: Raf Simons Starts Triumphantly at Dior 2012-07-02T16:03:41Z The latter was the night’s peak, the sound of nerves frayed to raw from the repeated pull of longing, rendered in tortured whisper. Sufjan Stevens, a haunting presence at Constitution Hall 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Blame the increasingly frayed relationship between passenger and airline. Perspective | You’ll never believe what passengers steal from planes 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z I felt about them the way I do about my children’s frayed old baby blankets. The Mirror: Jenny Allen, an Off Broadway Actress, on Gel Nail Polish 2012-03-15T22:17:07Z They travel for work, or to tend to relationships that have been frayed or sundered by time and distance, doing their best to sustain family and social ties weakened by economic exigencies. Review | The TWA Hotel revives a magnificent, mid-century vision of the friendly skies 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z The color-washed paper forms, often with rough or frayed edges, dangle from the ceiling and drape along the floor like an overgrown yard, the organic sounds from his garden bringing the installation to life. On Craft & Folk Art Museum's golden anniversary, 'Paperworks' is a cutting-edge gift 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z South Lake Tahoe is in the midst of a grand transformation, from a sort of frayed casinoland to a cleaned-up place worthy of the lake it’s on. Update: What’s New at Ski Areas? 2013-12-17T21:19:48Z Most numbers are slowed down and set to harmonies that morph from quiet lyricism to frayed dissonances, with Mr. Sorey’s subtle percussion work adding a nervous sheen. Review: A Haunting Tribute to Josephine Baker Arrives at the Met Museum 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Wyeth’s miraculous rendering of the main body of the fluttering curtain disintegrates into mere streaks of white paint; it is not a representation of a fraying curtain, but a frayed representation of a curtain. Andrew Wyeth leaves viewers on the outside looking in He made me a bracelet of woven cedar strips I wore until it frayed apart. Why I stopped dating the cop: Colin Kaepernick’s protest, the “liberal media” and the bunker mentality of police culture 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z I was having my own private anatomy lesson, three stories up: I could see muscle, tendons, frayed nerve bundles, veins. Severed 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Her mature, unselfish enthusiasm for his project and her devotion to his talent are being frayed by his failure. Noah Baumbach’s New Movie “While We’re Young” 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z And So It Goes may touch the frayed heartstrings of some older viewers, but it’s pretty bad — the failed attempt to Heimlich a venerable movie genre. REVIEW: Another Grumpy Old Man Finds Love in And So It Goes 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Every sound — a frayed guitar riff, a lurking bass line, confetti-shower piano, a rattlesnake drum roll — has a purpose and place and works in meticulous tandem with its surroundings. "Talking Heads: 77," released 40 years ago tomorrow 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z The second half is more frayed, with some glaring implausibilities. ‘The Midnight Sky’ Review: It’s the End of the World, in the Arctic 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z The motel room is seedy, with smudged walls and frayed carpeting. Review | Everything but the continental breakfast at ‘Crystal Creek Motel’ 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Their loyalty to Mother Russia is sincere, but it wavers, frayed by Moscow’s abuses and by their own attachments to the country their children consider home. The TV Watch: ‘The Americans’ Returns, With New Secrets, on FX 2014-02-25T22:39:11Z Along with bits of blue tape, frayed canvas edges and lots more colored paper, Mr. Houck has begun photographing his own rudimentary oil paintings. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z This truncated mini — with its dramatically dropped waist — appeared on several of Tuesday’s looks featuring a frayed deconstructed hem. Chanel caps Paris Fashion Week with swaths of iconic tweeds 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Mulder’s new conspiracy is just one of the many, many frayed threads wrapped throughout this episode. ‘The X-Files’ Season 10 Premiere: A Crazier Mulder Than Usual 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z In Schulman’s latest novel, a Silicon Valley family’s bonds are frayed by infidelities both virtual and actual, thanks to a start-up technology that allows “visits” to the lives that might have been. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z That’s easy for the Baton Rouge rapper, whose bruising flows reach into his sullen past of crime, frayed relationships and bouts of depression. Kevin Gates gives first D.C.-area performance at the Fillmore Silver Spring Daniels is nearly 50, and his instrument sounds a little frayed and dry. Two exquisite, artistic concerts hosted at the Kennedy Center on Sunday 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Burton made use of McQueen's traditional wild animal prints, golden embroideries and frayed cuts. Burton remains faithful to McQueen in fashion debut 2010-10-05T21:41:00Z The velvet pulls at the seams, worn-out and frayed. Want to Feel Like a Russian Ballerina? Start With the Tutu 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z But over the past decade or so, the fabric of the organization has frayed. After Decades of Drinks and Laughs, Is It Last Call at the Friars Club? 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Held’s voice is a little frayed, his top notes approximate, but he conveys tremendous warmth and emotion, and Wotan’s Farewell was, again, an emotional highlight. Review | Wolf Trap offers a fine ‘Ring’ lite 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z She wrote frankly about the psychological toll the project took on her, how immersing herself in the grisly details left her emotionally frayed. Hunting — and Haunted by — a Serial Killer 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z A reasonable person might surmise that the entertainment industry's ostensible leftward tilt would preclude this from happening in the immediate future, what with all the frayed nerves and raw emotions. For the good of the nation, let's not normalize any Trump flunkies with primetime TV cameos 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z All because of the vagaries of enlargement, it seems, the images almost appear to be pieced together from tiny pieces of fluttery, slightly fuzzy frayed cloth, like some kind of rag picker’s folk art. Art in Review: VIK MUNIZ: ?Pictures of Magazines 2? 2011-09-15T21:15:09Z But enduring this frayed satire for these moments of pleasure is a deal only the most devoted Amis fans should accept. 'Lionel Asbo': from brothel to brawl and back in dystopian England 2012-09-13T20:25:05Z Set the night off right: Unbutton that gingham shirt to your navel, hike up those frayed denim short-shorts and wear a leather jacket in any season. Loco Mondays at Bodega Negra in Chelsea 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The screenplay does a reasonably good job of capturing the group dynamic of these backbiting astronauts, whose frayed nerves are exacerbated by a shared sense of futility. Movie Review: ‘The Last Days on Mars’ Was Adapted From ‘The Animators’ 2013-12-05T23:07:49Z The red plush seats were frayed and the popcorn had real butter, and the heroine bore a stunning resemblance to Debbie Stone, who he hadn't thought about for years. Dad always fell for the wrong women 2011-04-25T15:21:00Z Even when communities such as Moses Lake work to fix things, even as we cheer them on, we must not be afraid to find frayed ends in tidy spaces. It could happen anywhere 2012-08-07T22:24:00Z Plus, Baylart said, the producers weren’t at pains to put the contestants at ease when frayed nerves made for better television. Behind the scenes of reality TV: 'You're a little bit daft to apply' 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z “I created the individual pieces so they were frayed but also woven together to suggest how independent and interdependent we are — and be open to the moments where they merge and work together.” ‘Liberty Bell’ Tolls for Sites Where History Is Alive and Kicking 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Already the frayed edges are beginning to show. Skin hunger: touch saved me from unbearable loneliness. What will we become without it? 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z I buy my Orientals used, with frayed edges to give off that worn look,” says Eddie Ross, a design blogger and editor at Better Homes & Gardens. Oriental rugs make a comeback, and they are not just for your grandparents’ house 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z “They get to look like old melted candles, as if their bodies were preparing to waddle. Irish get slovenly and dirty. Anglo-Saxons get frayed and worn.” Fitzgerald and the Jews 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z He knew that it would take time for his readers to become accustomed to the new idiom: at first, the novel would leave them feeling frayed and disoriented. Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris by Graham Robb 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z The reference points were the button-downs of the 1940s and ’50s, when the Brooks Brothers shirt was firmly established as a crucial element of insouciant collegiate style, the more frayed the better. Brooks Brothers Revives the Preppiest Shirt Collar 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z But his brand of machismo has frayed — at least for a younger generation less interested in a narrow view of what it means to be a man. Vicente Fernández, the King of Machos and Heartbreak 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The skin's frayed and nowhere near its corresponding meat pieces. How to carve a turkey, according to knife experts 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Like the sneakers and clumpy sandals that are standing in for floppy thongs this year, fringed bags, hand-tooled accents and deliberately frayed hems can inject an engagingly disruptive note into a relatively formal season. Spring Fashion, Hand Yourself Bouquets 2014-04-16T21:59:50Z Just add water, a tablespoon at a time, until the tortillas look smoother and less frayed when pressed. How to make the single most important element of a taco, at home 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Rather than sleek black gondolas with their polished brass fittings, Mr. Zec’s eye is caught by broken-down old fishing boats moored in obscure canals, draped with stained cloths and coils of frayed rope. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Returning to Where the Dream Began 2010-06-15T11:30:00Z The Genesis story fell apart and frayed the fabric of his Christian belief. Former Christian fundamentalist: Science robbed me of my faith 2013-09-09T00:00:00Z The atmosphere of airports, their sterilized but frayed utility, became the psychic landscape of my pain. Modern Love: In the Current of a Long-Distance Relationship 2011-03-17T22:05:05Z By the time my husband returned late the following evening, my nerves were frayed and I was exhausted. When we all shaved our heads 2012-10-18T00:00:00Z Its frayed canvas now dangles limply below its elaborate gold frame. Banksy Is a Control Freak. But He Can’t Control His Legacy. 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Mayo’s “Nerve Show,” as wacky as it is melancholic, straddles the time before the pandemic and the not-quite-after where we find ourselves now, an era of stuttering starts and stops and collectively frayed nerves. Review: A Choreographer’s of-the-Moment Brand of ‘Not Knowing’ 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z At the bustling offices of Evergreens Cemetery in Bushwick, Brooklyn, staff members often pore over hefty reference books with frayed spines and tattered pages. A Brooklyn Cemetery Is a Resting Place Rich in History 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Denim was extra-wide with pockets dropped down and patched on the side of the thigh, as if they’d slid around the leg; sliced, diced and frayed; or dark, traced in curvy orange stitching. It’s Telfar’s World. We’re Just Living in It. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The role the media plays in both shows is nearly identical, as is the frayed relationship between Carver and Ellie. The curious case of Broadchurch's US remake Gracepoint: why bother? 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z As for your marriage and the sense it’s slipping away: I recommend trusting that you can be frayed, fraught, frazzled, all of it, and still ultimately be fine. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Stressed out and always angry, a mother feels herself losing control 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z No one can afford to appear a little frayed around the edges with such competition. Massaging Your Soul 2014-04-25T17:49:24Z Sidonie and other servants live in grim, bare rooms, with a borrowed clock her only ornament; she wears the same dress, elaborate but frayed and graying, every day. The look of 'Farewell, My Queen' is worth a look 2012-07-26T18:18:07Z As the social fabric frayed, loud noise levels and reckless driving of motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles raised alarm. "In the Heights" celebrates the resilience Washington Heights has used to fight the pandemic 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Saying that Mr. Taylor’s placid songs helped soothe the country’s frayed nerves after all the chaos isn’t quite enough. Books of The Times: Why 1970 Deserves Its 15 Minutes of Fame 2011-06-23T21:59:42Z Accompanying that, of course, will be a federal budget even more frayed, potentially unable to help the rising tide of suffering soldiers. Addicted troops ignored 2012-09-18T18:32:00Z What that schism is, Marvel was mum, but it involves the fragile and frayed relationship between two of the best known X-Men, Cyclops and Wolverine. APNewsBreak: Marvel's Uncanny X-Men ending in Oct. 2011-06-09T07:06:11Z At times during the “Daniel Variations,” the strings’ rhythmic precision frayed a bit. Review: One Birthday Tribute (of Many) for Steve Reich 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z With Trump always asking for more, his relationship with the town frayed. Trump made Florida his official residence. He may have also made a legal mess. 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z There was no redemption in this story, no renunciation, only moments of pained self-recognition and an attempt to give coherence and meaning to the frayed strands of sensation and reflection that made up his days. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Photographed with a hip thrust forward to show off her Margiela apron dress and modishly frayed jeans, Lyn Slater projects a kind of swagger pretty rare among her peers. The Glamorous Grandmas of Instagram 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z “You’re suffocating me,” he tells his frayed mother, running off to the woods and the arms of a Palestinian volunteer militia. Movie Review: ‘When I Saw You’ Delivers a Child’s View of War 2014-01-14T22:59:17Z Prejean has also described the tragedy of Clark’s upbringing, the poverty that frayed both his future and his chance at a fair trial—a theme that echoes in her book. “Dead Man Walking,” Revisited: A Prophetic Argument Against Capital Punishment 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z When Perry isn't slouching his way through cases he's doing what he can to keep his family's farm afloat even though the place wears its hard times like a frayed jacket. "Perry Mason" is a stylish, Depression-noir reboot that doesn't exceed its basic procedural roots 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Find a piece of denim that is bigger than the frayed area and is close in colour to the garment. Forget fast fashion! Six ways to bring clothes back to life – from darning to stain removal 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z But the safety net for those returning home is frayed at best. Leaving Gun Towers and Barbed Wire for a Healing House 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Despite her devotion She returned to the ocean and worried and fretted and frayed No one went back to see their eggs crack But Urtle could not stay away. For Years, a Literary Villain Made Joe Ide Wary of Nurses 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z And as if that weren't enough needles, the young doctor shoots herself up with sedatives to calm her frayed nerves. Argentine thriller about ambulance doc at Cannes 2010-05-20T11:54:00Z He sent out 2,000 invitations to embassies, politicians and ordinary folk, and got hold of a frayed red carpet. Son of Babylon: 'I made it for my family, for Iraq' 2011-02-03T23:30:00Z Those contradictions have only multiplied, and the fantasy of an audience united in derision against unsmiling authority has tangled and frayed. Adjusting to a World That Won’t Laugh With You 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The family begins each hymn verse together, but ends it on slightly different accents — a sign of frayed relations and disharmony. L.A. Opera's 'Dog Days' goes out with a bang, not a whimper 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z A news cycle overrun with statistically unlikely horror stories is bad enough for an exhausted mother or father, frayed nerves and all. “What a horrible mother”: How a call from a “good samaritan” derailed these mothers’ lives 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z If you don’t, “the bristles tend to get frayed and do not effectively remove as much bacteria and plaque from your mouth,” she says. When to replace smoke detectors, sponges, pillows and more, according to experts 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Through reading, the child’s humdrum world was magically transformed: “The frayed tatami, now forest floors. The dripping tap, a thunderous river. The steep stairs, a mountain pass.” His Short Story Inspired ‘Rashomon.’ His Life Has Inspired a Novel. 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Striking a commanding pose, whether you are in a sparkling gown or frayed jeans, can change how you perceive yourself, which ultimately influences how you are perceived by others. Studied: The Right Stance Can Be Reassuring — Studied 2013-05-03T23:12:24Z The fetal autopsy finds a “compromised” coupling of umbilical cord and placenta, but at the doctor’s office Mackey sees the cord’s “frayed end” as leaking sustenance, her child starving in the womb. The Concealed Weapons of ‘Kiss Me Someone’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z His live-in babysitter and his troubled mother both leave the family abruptly when he’s a child, and his father is eventually “conquered by his frayed nerves.” Review: Books by Amie Barrodale, Joy Williams, Hubert Mingarelli and Rikki Ducornet 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z She would press a badly frayed Victorian lace blouse to a sheet of paint to make a monoprint, revealing in detail both the damage and the repair. Using History to Provide a Lens Into Today’s Politics 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z But since July 19 the credibility of that denial has frayed under the weight of contradictory testimony from former executives and senior lawyers. Credibility fading, James Murdoch returns to UK 2011-11-09T20:22:08Z The mystery threading the first season together may seem a bit frayed at points. Apple TV+'s new series is based on the real-life kid who scooped her local paper reporting a murder 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z She liked to wear frayed jean short shorts with no underwear. My twisted rehab sex life 2012-12-20T23:41:00Z A piece of fabric, for example, might be divided into five pieces, and the one piece that survives is tiny and frayed.” Owning George Washington: The Auction 2011-04-06T21:53:42Z Or Mozart’s “Turkish” Violin Concerto with the eminent Pinchas Zukerman, whose playing had a worn elegance, frayed in intonation but all the more dignified for it? Budapest Festival Orchestra Plays at Avery Fisher Hall 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Wearing a bathing suit and sunglasses, this jaunty character hoists a cocktail using a frayed rope end as a hand, all against a background of red and white stripes. Review: ‘Everything Is Design’ Showcases Paul Rand, Master of Brand Identity 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z He has grown a goatee, and his drab brown uniform has a frayed collar and a hasty patch on its right shoulder. Walk Through This Exhibition With Dread. You Know Where It Leads. 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z After all, we exist in a culture where clothing factories pre-rip blue jeans to make them look “distressed” — like they’ve been worn and frayed through years of actual life experiences. From Hollywood’s illusion factory, some unexpected reality 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z When she was finished, I put my thumb over the spigot and the water frayed like a fountain, the mist glistening in the sunlight and landing on her black coat. How dogs rescued me from an eating disorder 2014-02-22T23:00:00Z Or “Your clothes are looking a little frayed around the edges.” Table For Three: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nancy Pelosi: A Power Lunch, Times Two 2014-04-04T22:47:29Z The government shutdown in October further frayed relations with right-wing groups. Boehner says he won't give up wine, cigarettes to be president 2014-01-24T03:12:07Z Observers are curious to see how local audiences will react to it while relations remain badly frayed between the two nations, which are still technically at war. South Korea invites northern neighbour to film festival 2012-10-03T08:15:39Z Her most unusual materials are lengths of shed snake skin, sometimes matched with clumps of frayed, burlap-like cloth that resembles human hair. Review | In the galleries: Depicting an energy of constant fluctuation and growth 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Paige’s once pristine, Sarah Brightman-like soprano may have coarsened and frayed, but in “Memory,” “Cry Me a River” and “As if We Never Said Goodbye,” she still belted like a trouper. Music Review: Elaine Paige at the Allen Room, Friendly and Confessional 2012-02-13T23:21:13Z But nerves have been extra frayed lately at Todd David Design. ‘Events’ Review: There’s Kool-Aid in the Water Cooler 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The details are stunningly real—an old chandelier flickers with light, miniature trousers hang on a frayed clothesline, a tiny bird’s nest is burrowed in a charred cornice. An Artist’s Obsession with the Ruins of His Homeland 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z His tenor sometimes sounded frayed in subsequent phrases. Review: The Met’s ‘Walküre’ Has a Cast Worth Bragging About 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Sitman said the podcast has damaged some “already frayed” relationships with former mentors and friends. Two ‘Leftist Bros’ Dive Into Conservatism to ‘Know Your Enemy’ 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z And the cord that connects my ancestors to God — the one I frayed — will be cut completely. The foreskin and the hindsight 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z They strengthen the connections between quality movies and the real world that were frayed by last year’s overly solemn and misanthropic lineup. Critic?s Notebook: Film Festival Gains Life From Reality 2010-09-28T23:03:00Z Now onstage, they seem electrified, their nerves raw and frayed, dazed to be in communion again — in other words, more like the rest of us than they’d dare to let on. Review: Sounds and Styles Playfully Collide in ‘Only an Octave Apart’ 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Here’s the problem: By the time I get home at night, my nerves are frayed and I am snappish with everyone. Social Q’s: Social Questions 2012-06-15T19:26:41Z Soft, frayed and separated by inhospitable patches of silence, they announced themselves almost apologetically: aware, perhaps, of how short they fell of traditional expectations of how music — or a trumpet — should sound. Review: Peter Evans Teaches His Trumpet a New Vocabulary 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The two women wear frayed white gowns, like those a girl might wear on a big day, or a woman when giving birth. Dance Review: Donna Uchizono Company at New York Live Arts 2013-12-06T22:22:10Z Their relationship is frayed, and the tone shifts from light to dark. Lucinda Childs Gets Off the Floor in New Work for the Graham Company 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Even when Savannah was in a more frayed state—Chewning recalls a largely run-down historic district, boarded-up buildings, and "no food scene to speak of"—the place was magically, seductively beautiful. Tour Savannah, Georgia 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The uninterrupted format may have frayed his voice, and a stubborn nasality crept into his otherwise handsome, hearty sound, but the program nevertheless accumulated in power. Review: Davóne Tines Hones the Recital Form to a Fine Point 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Pieces made between 2004 and 2009 use frayed steel, wire and other industrial materials to evoke dangers either catastrophic or mundane. How are these things not like the others? 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z But by the time the play, in its second half, takes a turn toward the purely personal, focusing on Wolfe’s own disappointments and milestones rather than biology’s, the thread of the storytelling has completely frayed. Review: Playwriting and Bug-Hunting Wed in ‘The Catastrophist’ 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z As with a treasured blankie, the frayed side is somehow more lovable. Harvey Fierstein Sings the Song of Himself in ‘I Was Better Last Night’ 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Divisions over how to discuss the conflict in the Middle East have frayed yearslong relationships between collectors and artists. Artists Call for Boycott After Artforum Fires Its Top Editor 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Dominic is a sex addict, which has ruined his marriage and frayed his relationship with college-aged Albie, who considers himself to be a "nice guy" and comes with his own sexual hangups. "The White Lotus": When it comes to vacation, what does pleasure actually look like? 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Balthazar and Hebe's marriage is frayed by grief over their son, who died years earlier at the age of 11. 'The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise': a Monty Python-esque tale of life in the Tower of London 2010-09-01T22:47:00Z James Morris sounded somewhat frayed but offered an effective portrayal of the frail Timur. Music Review: ‘Turandot’ Opens at Metropolitan Opera 2012-09-27T21:51:26Z The students’ clean-cut button-down collars, flat-front khakis, and smooth Vitalis hair unravelled into T-shirts festooned with political slogans, frayed jeans, and unkempt locks. Stalking the Wild Madras Wearers of the Ivy League 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z The frayed edge of the quilted cotton coverlet is soft from 20 years of washing, and the air smells like the lavender lotion I just rubbed on my hands. Perspective | I drank every day. What kind of effect was it having on my kids? 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z This second season explores the consequences of the Season 1 finale, which saw Kevin flee and Dan sent to the rubber room, their friendship frayed. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “Falling Man” was mostly an intimate book, about relationships that were frayed and forged in the aftermath of the attacks. Dread, War and Ambivalence: Literature Since the Towers Fell 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Throbbing veins on a raging steed are warlike, but the rider’s exposed knee, framed by the frayed denim threads of his pant leg, seems vulnerable, even in bronze. Kehinde Wiley’s Anti-Confederate Memorial 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z He maintains the sense of pop melody he brought to Fleetwood Mac, and he sings in an expressively frayed latter-day version of his old high tenor. Playlist : Music by Wild Flag, Lindsey Buckingham and the Raincoats 2011-09-10T00:08:45Z The radios often have their original frayed cloth cords. Antiques: Exploring the Art of Louisiana Furniture 2010-12-10T00:01:00Z Retail Row Bellhaus, with its uptown prices and rarefied brands, and Daryl K, selling frayed chambray dresses against an aged backdrop of plywood and planks, would seem unlikely bedfellows. 10 Hot Spots of Summer 2010-07-01T00:36:00Z The duct tape was so old it was frayed. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: My filthy car hit a tow truck. Did the punishment fit the grime? 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z But mostly the hands-off production by a small team of collaborators including Don Was leaves plenty of space for the singer’s eloquently frayed voice to whisper, murmur and confide. 'Blessed': Lucinda Williams goes beyond the break-up song 2011-02-28T22:14:26Z His ponytail draped down his back like a frayed tassel. Could a mask maker’s quest to see the Dalai Lama bring about world peace? 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z So let’s see if we can decipher some of them, process our feelings and collectively repair our frayed nerves. Midsommar: what the hell just happened? Discuss with spoilers 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z The pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali, who died in 1980, is widely respected among jazz musicians in Philadelphia for his frayed, locomotive style and his imaginative compositions, but he’s hardly known anywhere else. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z His familial ties are frayed, and Nancy tugs on those threads out of interest, out of guilt, but also to reassert control when she feels exposed. ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ Review: Pleasure Principles 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z In moments like this, it’s clear that “The Bachelorette” has come to the same conclusion as “UnREAL”: The pretty picture is far less interesting than the frayed seams trying to hold it together. Lifetime’s ‘UnREAL’ Traces the Cracks in Reality TV’s Fourth Wall 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Their pleasures include encountering Klee’s intimate art — with its frayed, mincing lines and blushing colors — in relatively intimate surroundings, and a chance to see several rarely exhibited works. Art in Review: Paul Klee: ‘The Bauhaus Years’ 2013-06-06T18:18:58Z Mr. Affleck was also keen to home in on the workaday quality of spy life, especially the way it both connected and frayed its employees and their families. The Carpetbagger: Ben Affleck, Now an Underdog With ‘Argo,’ Is on the Rebound 2013-01-16T22:39:05Z They’re all flawed in their own ways, but as Gaines writes of his imperfect family, “We were just another frayed thread in an infinite tapestry.” ‘Inside My Head I’m a Girl’: Three Ways of Growing Up Gay 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z “I am a child of immigrants. I know only the frayed facsimile of the world my parents grew up in.” How Francis Lam, son of immigrants, became the voice of America’s food culture 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z They are dressed in saris and lungis, some in frayed olive green fatigues. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part One 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z In childhood, Tennessee and Rose enjoyed what their mother called a “wild intimacy,” but the bond frayed in adolescence as Rose’s behavior grew more erratic. Review: A Gothic Tennessee Williams Mash-Up in ‘Glass Guignol’ 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z “Renovation Realities” usually finds the couple whose darker dynamics and frayed nerves get the best of them. The guilty pleasures of DIY’s ‘Renovation Realities’ Witchy in their crocheted tops, frayed cutoffs and muumuus, Charlie’s girls, as they were known, mind the ranch, thumb rides in the desert and offer themselves on no more than a whim to bewildered passers-by. Are Hippies the New Goths? 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The frayed edges and aged canvas lend vintage charm. Wedding Goods We Love 2010-05-10T13:42:00Z Bannon tries to analogize the scene to his own frayed relationship with Trump, but tries to spin it as a hopeful moment. “American Dharma” review: Errol Morris’ Steve Bannon doc is the most disturbing movie of th... 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z If such dying falls allow us to sink for a while into a contemplative wistfulness, our nerves go on feeling frayed long after. Howard Jacobson: In praise of bad boys' books 2012-10-05T21:55:17Z She is dramatically compelling as always, but her singing was wildly inconsistent - strong and soulful at times, frayed and off-pitch at others. Review: Meyerbeer's rare 'Robert' staged in London 2012-12-13T11:21:08Z Thundercat’s genius lies in his ability to both reinvent that frayed calculus and combine it with a hilarious streak of absurdist postmodern irony and fluorescent intergalactic symphonies. Think there can’t be a jazz-funk fusion superstar in 2020? Then you don’t know Thundercat. 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Sully isn’t cut along the cynically frayed lines of assorted current screen heroes, with their nihilism lite and butchery, nor does he fit the existential mode, the man in revolt, like Jason Bourne. Review: Sully Landed the Plane. Then He Had to Endure the Spotlight. 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z It feels less like a pub than a dinner party thrown in a tastefully frayed town house. Bites: Restaurant Review: Upstairs at the Ten Bells in London 2012-03-30T18:21:43Z As a frayed but still formidable death portent, Mary Ewald displays dazzling control over torrents of fractured, punning wordplay. 'The Skriker': where boundaries between us and the otherworldly are stretched 2012-10-26T18:34:21Z His organization received $5,000 to help revitalize a frayed historic neighborhood there. In Newport, a Contest in Which One-Man-One-Vote Was for Losers 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z As touring began, relationships within the band frayed. How the Fleet Foxes Frontman Got Out to Get Back In 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Her connection to her mother remains frayed while she continues to sanctify Minh. What Is Love? For This Fractured Family, the Answer Is Not So Clear. 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z They oversee the display of a museum’s tribal artifacts and reshape accounts of the past, in many cases relying mainly on frayed strands of traumatically disrupted oral traditions. Critic’s Notebook: Oaxaca, Mexico, Shows History Unvarnished 2012-06-15T23:47:51Z Her nerves are frayed, and Nora grabs her big chance to be annoying and devious in front of a live audience. TV highlights 25/05/2012 2012-05-24T19:00:02Z “The urban fabric of Newark is pretty frayed,” he continued. Richard Meier Is Now Focusing on New Jersey Projects 2014-01-24T22:07:52Z He clocked countless childhood hours in his dad’s Beetle, the oily engine aroma wafting through the back seat’s frayed vinyl upholstery. Summer Salute to Charlie Parker 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z But I too have employed it for its soothing properties – tuning in as a last ditch attempt to calm frayed nerves on long family car journeys. A week listening to ? Classic FM 2011-03-17T15:59:27Z In a touching attempt to repair their frayed bond and find a way to communicate with the comatose Henry, Franny visits his haunts and explores his musical tastes, using his journal as a guide. The neo-folk-tinged 'Song One' is tiresome in its preciousness 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Emilio Estevez’s “The Public” looked at issues of homelessness, mental illness and a frayed social fabric through the lens of a public library in Cincinnati. At the Toronto International Film Festival, summer turns to fall, and movies turn to the concerns of the day 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Almost always, the fabrics were worn, stained or frayed; the jars would still be coated with food residue. From Forgotten Discards, a Wealth of Memories 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z While there is some truth to that, indie R&B's desire to play around with R&B's already frayed edges should be something to celebrate. Did gloomy hipsters ruin R&B in 2012? 2012-12-29T00:06:55Z They disappear in strange and obscure ways because their social connections are frayed and broken. My junkie friend secretly died 2012-12-21T01:00:00Z In 2005, Mennonite women living in a colony in Bolivia reported waking up bleeding with frayed rope around their wrists. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z But Ms. Harry, who turned 74 in July, displays no frayed edges whatsoever. The Tide Is High (Really), but Debbie Harry Is Staying Put 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z As close as Demme’s camera gets to Neil — detailing whiskers, spittle, and the frayed threads of his hat — there are ways in which the seems to remain sealed off from the outside world. Neil Young: “I’m back in the same place” 2012-06-29T14:35:00Z There is her narrator, caring for a frayed seam in ways that she cannot care for herself. Taxidermy Is a Metaphor for Our Time 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Blame the increasingly frayed relationship between passenger and airline. Travel Wise | No, you can’t (usually) take airplane pillows home with you 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The anchor of the wives is Yolanda, a strong but frayed woman who is married to the brigade commander and who tries to play the same role on the home front. Television Review: ‘Married to the Army: Alaska,’ TV Series on OWN 2012-11-18T22:21:07Z He is buoyant, loud and, if he sees something he likes — the purposefully frayed collar of a satin jacket or a distinctive hat — he touches it and compliments its owner. Patrick McMullan Snaps but Never Bites 2010-03-24T23:40:00Z Expensive expansions often lead to change at the top as trustees, their nerves frayed by delays and cost overruns, adjust to reality. Onwards and upwards 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z As White’s predicament with Carl makes clear, public hospitals like Highland serve not just as the last, frayed strands of the healthcare safety net but also as social-service agencies of last resort. “The Waiting Room”: Welcome to Romneycare 2.0 2012-09-26T22:34:00Z Even the most disorienting novel is a reminder that you are more than a frayed nerve ending flailing across the Internet—that you, a somewhat coherent person, exist. The Best Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Sporting a frayed jacket, a dress shirt and a spectacular nest of jet-black hair, Mr. Thornton is initially cartoonish — a stunned Kramer from “Seinfeld” — but over time earns a certain gruff dignity. | 'Here and There': A City of Warehoused Souls 2010-05-14T00:17:00Z Health problems, Mr. Hultberg’s alcoholism and a changing art world frayed the couple’s relationship, and they moved to Monhegan full time in the early 1980s, separating soon after. Out of Obscurity, Lynne Drexler’s Abstract Paintings Fetch Millions 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Broadhag also examines the machines themselves, looking for any rust, frayed cables, damaged pulleys or other signs of potential hazard. Safety Tips for Using Hotel Gym Equipment 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z At one point during “Long and Wasted Years,” I imagined his vocal chords as a frayed rope holding a broke-down engine. Bob Dylan opens three nights in Hollywood with grunts, grim themes 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Now you’re staring down several more weeks or months together, patience already frayed, tensions running high. Perspective | Six rom-coms that are perfect for quarantine, now that we’re in ‘Groundhog Day’ 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Schreiber was filming in the light-drenched penthouse of a loft building that overlooked rusting water towers, regal high rises, the Hudson’s frayed ribbon. ‘Ray Donovan’: New Coast, Same Wounds 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z I’m at my desk staring at my son’s wallet, a standard black leather model, overstuffed, misshapen and frayed, fringed with strands like a cowboy jacket. Please Take My Son’s Wallet 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Having a knot slip or a frayed leader break is an unnecessary hazard. No chill on hot Lake Chelan mackinaw and rainbow trout fishing 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z She applied layers of burlap, which she frayed into loose string, “like the roots and trunks of trees or the veins in my hands.” | A Love Eternal 2014-04-09T13:00:01Z Rather's relations with his bosses grew frayed and he resigned the following year. Brian Williams suspended amid Iraq war scandal 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z But bouncing from marginalization played for laughs to tender, emotion-driven moments frayed my nerves. Is Netflix’s ‘Insatiable’ as Offensive as It Looks? Let’s Discuss 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z She arrives at my apartment, tanned, in dusty work boots and always, always, some kind of frayed denim. The summer elixir my sister drinks on the hottest of days 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z This is a drama that boldly confronts the limits of an adult’s understanding of a troubled child and a frayed social network. ‘Gidion’s Knot’ a tangle of confrontation, tragedy 2014-04-03T20:45:37Z A woman wearing blue gloves painstakingly picks at the fringe of frayed paper scraps dangling from the perforated edges of a stack of ballots. The dark, crazy heart of Florida is on full display — again — at the election recount 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The fur and frayed organza blurred the taut silhouette, but are even the extreme temperatures of the messed-up planet going to bring ice queen couture dresses onto the streets? Special Report: Fashion: Louis Vuitton in Full Fetish 2011-03-09T18:28:22Z But health and professional tensions frayed their relationship. Padma Lakshmi Opens Up About Rushdie in Memoir 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The boundaries between states are artificial, of course, but West Virginia looked different from Virginia, more frayed at the edges, with a greater distance between the towns on Route 59. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z U.S. hegemony, however frayed at the edges, continues to be taken for granted in ruling circles, and not only in Washington. An American century of carnage: Measuring violence in a single superpower world 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z “It feels subconscious, but there is something about our relationship with the world around us that seems frayed, and more and more frayed, at least for me,” Mr. Esmail says. The Surreal World: TV Delves Into Paranoia, Anxiety and Misinformation 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z The clean lines and supple cuts were punctuated by threadbare, frayed hats and other accessories. Kim Jones takes Dior to dreamy wasteland where past, future coexist 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z There are orchestras that play with more precision: Here and there an entrance was frayed, an ornament rendered with subtly smudged contours. Berlin’s State Opera Has Served Kings, Presidents and Dictators. Now What? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z A courtroom thriller of frayed familial relations and diminished responsibility, this marks the first attempt at drama by David Dobkin, best known for larky farces like Shanghai Knights, The Wedding Crashers and The Change-Up. The films to watch in autumn 2014: from Gone Girl to Mr Turner 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z One imagines that, with time, the intricate web linking the movies will get more frayed and insubstantial, and the new films will seem increasingly inessential. The Narrative Experiment That Is the Marvel Cinematic Universe 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z In Lynn Nottage’s scorching play “Sweat,” the bonds among a group of working-class friends and family are frayed to the breaking point by the pressure of an eroding economic future. Review: The Jobs Are Gone in ‘Sweat.’ So Are People’s Hopes. 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Beside the frayed edges of the letters were two mismatched posters of politicians. Adam Thirlwell stares at graffiti in Beirut 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z This canvas expanse, with frayed rope along its edges, becomes a visual and conceptual centerpiece, continuously reconfigured. Review: He Needs Your Help. And She’s Trapped Under a Mound. 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z And with Mr. Crosby’s voice only a husk of its former self and Mr. Stills’s rougher delivery more frayed than ever, their harmonies were shaky. Music Review: Crosby, Stills and Nash With Jazz at Lincoln Center 2013-05-05T21:08:05Z Tracks like “Drunk in Love” traffic in a strain of vaporwave soul that buzzes like frayed nerve endings. Beyoncé Reviewed: One of Pop Music’s Most Important Moments 2013-12-16T16:28:45Z This was in the pandemic; we were all sort of frayed and flustered. Claire Chase Uses Her New Platform to Showcase a Hero 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z He strolls through life wearing a frayed raffia hat, vintage shades, and classic Derby shoes that allow him to escape into his romantic world. Classic and fanciful both permeate Milan runways 2011-06-19T23:02:08Z Its songs primarily deal with the anxiety, frayed relationships and ennui that crop up in one’s mid-20s, a preoccupation that juxtaposes strikingly against such brash, self-assured music. Dude York’s personality shines through on new record 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Budget cuts that have frayed the safety net and sky-high housing costs. Apple’s desolate neighbor: Inside Silicon Valley’s largest shantytown 2013-12-17T13:15:00Z The mature Julie, a divorced mother with a young son, Frédéric, is a frayed, defeated version of the same person who left Thomas and Patrick to fend for themselves. | 'I?m Glad My Mother Is Alive': ?I?m Glad My Mother Is Alive? - Review 2011-09-01T21:57:49Z They are, however, steeped in the same frayed history and political unease. Cuba and Curiosity at the New York Film Festival 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z She even mends a frayed flag edge, a nice way of showing her laser-like focus. Review: Holland Taylor's 'Ann' a sweet valentine 2013-03-08T01:09:08Z Yet the first students to exit their dorms that Monday morning slumped into view wearing frayed cutoff shorts and decaying flip-flop sandals. Stalking the Wild Madras Wearers of the Ivy League 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z It’s a potpourri of experiments, balancing the frayed energy and funky sparring of his 1970s fusion records with layers of synthesizer and protean harmonic movement. What ‘Rubberband’ Reveals About Miles Davis’s Final Act 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z She is angsty, sombre, frayed, yet just a tiny bit fabulous. The top 10 gay movie cliches 2013-03-25T19:40:00Z He reached down to the frayed hem of his shorts and twisted a thread between his fingers. Planned Parenthood is a symbol. This is the reality of one Ohio clinic. 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The ostentatious humility is a cop-out, its endearing quality frayed by protraction. Review: Staging Their Own Siege, Sardonic and Messy 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Unless the cords are frayed, he said, there is no need to replace them. How to rebalance a love seat sunken on one side 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z This group’s frayed, four-chord guitar riffs and hoarse yelling nod reverently to the Strokes, the French Kicks and the Walkmen. Pop & Rock Listings for Feb. 21-27 2014-02-21T00:01:49Z I also wanted everything to be frayed because their lives are unraveling before us. Behind the Poster: 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z If the thread of the story is thus left somewhat frayed, well, narrative coherence was never the play’s top concern anyway. Seeing a New Disease but the Same Neglect in ‘Angels in America’ 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Penny’s latest offers little in the way of a soothing balm for nerves frayed by months of isolation and quarantine. Review | Louise Penny’s latest mystery imagines a post-covid world. Things are still pretty complicated. 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z The synthesizer chords are frayed and quivery as her apologies tumble out — heartfelt but apparently too late. Cécile McLorin Salvant Branches Out, and 7 More New Songs 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z If the lamp cord is frayed, replace it before the new socket goes in. How to repair the pull chain on a lamp 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Clean and neat, without frayed edges or faded colors, it flies from a tall pole planted in front of a handsome two-story home. ‘Montana Story’ Review: A Domestic Drama in Big Sky Country 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Among the more fascinating items on display in that show was a frayed wool jacket well aerated by moths. Nino Cerruti Gave Elegance a Good Name 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Now, at a time when social trust in general is so badly frayed, it’s a time to recognize and celebrate its fundamental role in making science work for all of us. Why march for science? Because the value of social trust — under attack by Trump — is worth fighting for 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Also check for frayed stitches, which tend to start on the handles. 6 Embarrassing Office Wardrobe Malfunctions to Avoid 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z For British conservatives, the “special relationship” has felt frayed for some time. Nigel Farage on the Story Behind His Friendship with Trump 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Its slower songs — still frayed with noise — counsel perseverance against any odds. Critics? Choice: New CDs: New CDs 2011-01-10T22:51:16Z Olivia Tripp Morrow turns frayed women’s undergarments into wall sculptures; the one that most alters the garments treats pantyhose as vines suspended from a real tree branch. Review | In the galleries: An artist conjures images from oceans to a micro view of nature 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z He pulls a pack of cigarettes from a frayed pocket of his sweater. In a Tokyo neighborhood's last sushi restaurant, a sense of loss 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Their nerves were frayed after a three-hour delay in Columbus and a missed connection to Panama. If you’re stressed about flying, these four-legged therapists can help 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z In recent years, as its carpets and upholstery frayed, it developed a sort of aging dowager appeal. Check In/Check Out: Hotel Review: Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul 2010-11-13T19:17:00Z Yes, a lot was happening in “Black Moon,” and often the strings holding all the points of departure together became a little frayed. Dance Review: Monstah Black?s ?Black Moon,? at Dance New Amsterdam - Review 2011-09-19T22:35:22Z Other relationships frayed over the years as Fela endured prison and later suffered from AIDS. Finding Depth in Fela?s Women 2009-12-17T15:17:00Z He’s attuned to every fluctuation in the room’s frequencies, the frayed wires of sibling rivalry, the cloying taste of parental concern. Review | What does a father most want for his children? James Wood’s novel shows us. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z She sports a stylish bob, and on this day is wearing a sleeveless shift dress that appears both effortless and chic, with pieces of white cloth patched together and stitches and frayed ends showing. In Tokyo, a traditional neighborhood with a bohemian vibe Now the property of the local government, Donnafugata, with its peeling wallpaper and frayed rugs, is a nostalgic reminder of a society that once valued power and beauty in equal measure. Cultured Traveler: On a Road Trip in Sicily, Churches Everywhere 2013-05-31T18:22:52Z A slight but ruggedly handsome man with a full head of blond hair, he looks like an overgrown fraternity brother, wearing a frayed, hunter-green polo shirt and black shawl-collar cardigan. A Book Agent?s Descent and Ascent From the Ashes 2010-05-28T22:45:00Z Directed by Jenna Worsham for Lesser America, this is an excursion into the depths of longing, examining the ties that bind too tightly and the connections that are dangerously frayed. Review: In ‘Agnes,’ Familial Ties Bound So Tightly They Fray 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Wearing a frayed newsboy cap and threadbare brown corduroy jacket, Jonathan Ames stopped and pondered the maroon-colored shirt for a moment. Up Close: Same Old, Same Old 2010-10-20T20:59:00Z His emphasis is on bringing to life the intensity of the man he’s playing, and how frayed his life becomes because he excels at his job. "The Spy": Sacha Baron Cohen uses his identity-shifting talents in solid Netflix drama 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z A second show soon followed, this one of big, studiously bland abstract paintings that Mr. Hammons had shrouded in industrial tarps, frayed blankets and plastic sheeting. David Hammons Is Still Messing With What Art Means 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z That’s in line with the American Dental Association’s guidelines, which recommend replacing toothbrushes every three to four months, or more frequently if the bristles are visibly matted or frayed. When to replace smoke detectors, sponges, pillows and more, according to experts 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The pony-skin boots were trimmed with frayed organza, which appeared, too, as the surface of wispy dresses. Hermès: Gentle End to Hectic Week 2014-03-05T18:19:30Z Three dresses came out, blossoming in layer upon tiny frayed layer of printed chiffon — red-orange, lilac, silver-gray — and each was roundish and soft, like a dandelion head or a child’s stick-figure drawing of a human. Fashion Review: McQueen, Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu Bring Paris Shows to a Close 2012-03-08T00:21:03Z Our predispositions, our rituals, our norms – in this case interruption and its frayed and fractious outcomes – are our habituated context. Let me finish: how to stop interrupting… and change the world 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z An omnipresent, nine-month marketing campaign propelled “The Angry Birds Movie” to No. 1 at the North American box office over the weekend, giving Sony Pictures an important feather for its frayed cap. ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ Nests Atop the Box Office 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Carefully pull the frayed seam over the original seam line and pin in place. How to mend a ripped seam 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The script — which portrays an eventful season on Lake Erie in 1945, when the menfolk are away at war and families are feeling frayed — remains fairly clunky by Mr. Gurney’s standards. Review: ‘What I Did Last Summer,’ a Letter of Apology From an Ex-Teenager 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The production takes place in a large living room that, as designed by David Zinn, exudes a cluttered, well-worn comfort, with its frayed rugs and ornately shaded lamps. Review: ‘The Sound and the Fury,’ Elevator Repair Service’s Take on Faulkner 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z They’re made of bottles, driftwood, chunks of plastic foam, lengths of frayed rope, bald tires, pieces of rusted iron, animal skulls and many other sorts of detritus. Mike Nelson: ‘Gang of Seven’ 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Almost every night, after Twitter frayed my nerves, I stayed up late reading Hammer’s biography to soothe them. The Books We’re Turning to Now 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z It was one of several numbers in which Ms. O’Sullivan’s voice recalled the frayed scream of Janis Joplin. Review: Camille O’Sullivan, Proclaiming Ferocious Truths at Irish Arts 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z His voice loud but grainy and frayed, his rhythms imprecise and his portrayal more grumpy than impassioned, he did himself and his glorious career no honor here. ‘Il Trovatore’ and ‘Fierrabras’ at Salzburg Festival 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z On the left bank, a man wearing a frayed sweater-vest and a ski cap greeted me imploringly. In the Himalayas, Journeys of Faith and Flowers 2013-05-31T18:19:51Z The wheels were worn and the outside was frayed. How travelers can add charity to their vacation itineraries 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Watching the men as they work, attend 12-step meetings and struggle to repair frayed familial bonds, she unearths moments of raw revelation that quietly highlight our shameful lack of effective help. Review: For These ‘Recovery Boys,’ Sobriety Is a Steep Climb 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z That safety net has mostly frayed in America and even England, where the tradition had a much longer and larger history. In Praise of Repertory Theater: Macbeth at the Matinee, Miller at Night 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z But their relationship frayed, and once Def Jam bought out Roc-A-Fella and installed Jay Z as president, Dash became estranged from the company. Lee Daniels sued for $25m by hip-hop mogul Damon Dash 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Today, the bedsheet ghost is an easy and economical Halloween costume made scarier with old sheets that are either frayed or running thin from frequent washes. Why do we wear bedsheets as a ghost costume? A closer look at its creepy, yet practical origins 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z No, fresh masa can produce frayed, dry, unforgiving tortillas just as easily as masa harina can. How to make the single most important element of a taco, at home 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z If I ran out of matches, I would light the frayed butt on an electric coil of the stove, tiny strands of ash catching fire and floating up. My Life in Smoke 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z The right book might even act as a palliative to frayed nerves and serve as a welcome reminder that the whole world isn't made up of fawning lick-spittles and mad old flag-waving, cat-strangling women. 'The royal wedding of the century' ? the novel 2011-03-18T14:28:59Z The clothes were light in both construction and attitude, with a disintegrated quality to tweed jackets and frayed denim. Casting Elegant Shadows in Chanel's Garden 2010-10-05T14:27:00Z They arrive at a time of significant social upheaval, in the world at large, but also within the industry itself, when its connective tissue is stretched and frayed. Perspective | Kerry James Marshall paints a masterful image of history and hope on the cover of Vogue 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z But my biggest issue was the cloying and childlike Sarah Jo, whose narratively expedient naïveté worked my last frayed nerve. Sundance Wrap-Up: 6 Movies We Like and One We Disagree on 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Then there are the frayed relationships among band members. The strange story of Grateful Dead’s path to the summer’s hottest ticket 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z If Abstract Expressionism is about the preciousness of the painter’s touch, Mr. Hammons’s arrangements of raddled plastics and frayed blankets are about the touch of ordinary bodies laboring, sweating, sleeping, trying to stay warm. Last Chance: The Upper East Side Goes Grungy 2011-03-01T21:43:48Z Lest there was any question about her national identity, she wore boots and a frayed faux-fur coat, revealed a fleur-de-lis arm tattoo and called the piece “Caribou.” Young Canadian choreographer brings promising works to Dance Place 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z The most noticeable signature is the unfinished edge: frayed lapels, raw hems. | Lanvin: At Lanvin, Pricey Designs for Society?s Decline 2010-08-10T20:57:00Z Not long ago, she stunned loyalists with a loosey-goosey collection of long, frayed dresses, soft pajama-like pants and sandals lined with fur. | Slave No More 2014-02-06T16:00:26Z Her husband traveled a good deal and their marriage frayed. ‘The Power of Adrienne Rich’ Captures a Forceful and Complicated Poet 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Telling the story of a jewelry store robbery gone sideways, Tarantino’s clever script skipped over the robbery itself entirely, focusing instead on the assembly of the crew and their frayed nerves at a meet-up afterward. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The “monoculture”, that sense of all of us enjoying mainstream events together, has already been frayed by the rise of the internet. Worst job in showbiz: why will no one touch the world's glitziest gigs? 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Observers are curious to see how local audiences will react to it while relations remain badly frayed between two nations still technically at war. Afghan, NKorean films on display at Asian festival 2012-10-03T09:46:04Z My camel had a mouth full of slobber, only a few teeth, a makeshift saddle with a pommel made of rebar and frayed rope stirrups. From Delhi to Kochi: A couple’s 23-day adventure in India 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The procession circles a makeshift displacement camp where mothers are bathing their children in buckets of cloudy water in front of the layers of frayed faded tarp they call home. Port-au-Prince, city of survivors: Voices from Haiti, after the devastating 2010 earthquake 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Edges were left frayed, contrasting linings were revealed, and necklines were bare and exposed, all giving the impression that one was seeing more than they should. Bold looks at NY Fashion Week turn up the volume 2012-09-13T20:16:13Z I rolled into the studio like a skein of frayed nerves and found Laurie seated serenely at the pottery wheel, cradling a mug-in-process between her hands. dIn North Carolina, the Art of Living Retreat is a balancing act of rest and activities 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Simon observes the frayed bonds of this damaged family with a light touch where appropriate but also with honesty and compassion, making the climactic face-off between Bella and her mother all the more moving. Theater Review: ?Lost in Yonkers,? by Neil Simon, at Beckett Theater 2012-03-25T21:12:04Z Cliff Dwellers has a satirical corollary: on a washing line strung across the narrow street, the slum tenants have hung out their laundry, hoping for a breeze to stir the frayed and greying undergarments. George Bellows: Modern American Life – review 2013-03-17T00:05:47Z It was great, but there wasn't time for my twin passions of days off and sleeping, so I arrived here looking like a pale and frayed disease. Laura Solon: My Edinburgh 2010-08-16T21:45:00Z He plays down his creative role, stressing the importance of working within the existing community fabric, even if it is torn and frayed. An Artist’s Mythic Rebellion for the Venice Biennale 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z A renewed appreciation for antiques was unleashed in the 1980s, when Washington took the lead in an “English country” decorating frenzy of carved mahogany secretaries, swagged chintz draperies, gently frayed Oriental rugs and dog paintings. The reign of beige: In a political town, design stays neutral 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z If my nerves are frayed, I take cold comfort in knowing I’m not alone. Dealing With Anxiety, Mental Illness and Grief 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z In 1907 a spelunker named Aurel Stein discovered the frayed book and sent it to London, where well-intentioned conservators kept relining it with stiff modern papers. Antiques: Antiques Beach Reading (Yep, That?s Right) 2010-06-24T20:42:00Z Too much about Eph’s righteous search, his regrets and his frayed family bonds. 'The Strain' recap: Beware of your loved ones 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Specifically, it’s about working-class women at the frayed edges of a service economy, with no net to catch them if they lose their grip on the pole. Review: ‘P-Valley’ Has All the Right Moves 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Along with the slouchy pants, a sleeveless navy dress in that rough linen with a frayed hem just above the ankles summed up the mood, and why people buy the Phoebe script. Fashion Review: Céline, Comme des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto, Junya Watanabe: Fashion Review 2012-10-01T01:35:05Z Guitar notes were frayed and smudged with electronic pedals, and voices blended together, too, Taylor singing indecipherable lyrics and harmonizing frequently with his drummer and guitarist. Concert review: CANT at the Triple Door 10/03/11 2011-10-04T17:21:06Z Tweed was frayed, appearing as dress bound by a corset, or as jacket and mini-skirt sets. Gucci unveils Adidas collab during Milan Fashion Week 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Then, as abruptly as her temper frayed, her easy grace returned as she swept a crawling child into her arms and took a seat back in the shade. Deep in Vietnam, Exploring a Colossal Cave 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Lévy is no more hopeful about the frayed transatlantic alliance between Europe and the United States, which is the subject of “Looking for Europe.” Bernard-Henri Lévy on Anti-Semitism, American Elections, and the Future of Europe 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z “Nostalgia helps comfort people when they’re stressed or anxious or frayed or lonely,” he said. Actresses From ‘One Tree Hill’ Reunite. Cue the Healing. 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z When there is just a dent, with no frayed bits of wood fiber showing, it’s often possible to plump up the fibers so they spring back to their original position, erasing the dent. How to repair a gouged wood floor 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z |
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