How to Use fray in a Sentence

fray

1 of 2 noun

• Reptiles get caught in the fray.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
• Expect even more teams to join the fray by fall.
  — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 25 Feb. 2026
• The center was one of the groups to join the fray.
  — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
• Jay has already made the choice to live above the fray.
  — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2026
• At which point Halsey jumped into the fray.
  — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
• Still, Rocky chose not to jump into the fray.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Sep. 2025
• And now a new person has jumped into the fray.
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Apr. 2026
• Does that open up a lane for Tucker to join the fray?
  — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
• Still, the hotel is trying to stay above the fray.
  — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
• Amazon entered the fray with a last-minute bid.
  — Clare Malone, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
• Perhaps the hem of your jeans fray against the rough city pavement.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2025
• During the fray, the victim was stabbed in the back, cops said.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
• Soon, Breakker and Reed would enter the fray.
  — Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
• Choose a rug that lies completely flat and is free from loose fibers, frays, and snags.
  — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
• And mere seconds for one of them to decide to reenter the fray.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023
• And as more enthusiasts join the fray, the price of anvils has risen.
  — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
• Missouri and other states may join the fray before the midterms.
  — Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
• Now, the two are being pulled out of the fray to prevent a new world order.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
• But over the course of a wild night, tempers flare and their connection frays.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
• Two of the state’s biggest columnists jumped into the fray.
  — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
• Then anaplasmosis joined the fray, spreading fevers and chills of its own.
  — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
• But some brave souls, instead of looking away, step into the fray.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
• Do not keep performing control while the process frays.
  — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2026
• Will the Wild enter the O’Reilly fray?
  — Michael Russo, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• To stitch is to count days, to hold what frays, to choose tenderness as method and message.
  — Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
• In the fray, Robbie throws the bag of dope into the river.
  — Grace Byron, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
• But a host of small and even obscure startup parties have also joined the fray.
  — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
• In fact, he’s been pulled back into the fray by Nitin Mhatre.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2023
• Towards the end of the first half, Joe Bamisile entered the fray.
  — Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2023
• Why do buyers see frays and stains as signatures of value?
  — Maria Williams, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025

fray

2 of 2 verb

• The roots frayed with nowhere to go.
  — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
• His trousers were too long, and the hems were frayed.
  — Lisa K. Friedman, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
• His nerves were frayed and his sleep suffered.
  — Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
• Do not use if frayed, worn or damaged.
  — Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 14 Dec. 2025
• That alignment has since frayed.
  — Abbas Al Lawati, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
• Right now, too many of those threads are fraying.
  — Cat Ward, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• There are a lot of idea threads that fray off and don’t go anywhere.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
• But as the week wore on, his story began to fray at the edges.
  — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
• But that sense of belonging has frayed.
  — Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2026
• But at night, alone in my apartment, the edges began to fray.
  — John Glynn, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
• So when the seventh inning rolled around, his nerves were not frayed.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
• With each roll, the dough stayed intact and smooth and never once frayed or tore.
  — Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
• Cons The toy that got chewed on the most did begin to fray around the edges.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
• Patience is tried; tempers are frayed.
  — Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
• People still were tired, tempers frayed.
  — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
• But that was two decades ago, and the threads that tied me to France had begun to fray.
  — Aislyn Greene, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
• To help lace keep its shape and avoid fraying or loose threads, keep it away from any intense heat.
  — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
• Daniel still has these tracings today, rolled tightly and frayed at the edges.
  — Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2026
• Keep in mind that flexible nylon belts may fray faster and not last as long as a leather belt.
  — Tiffany Ayuda, SELF, 20 Mar. 2023
• The zipper even still glides as smoothly as the first day, and not a single thread has frayed.
  — Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2025
• The edges have yet to fray even after a long period of testing.
  — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
• When one person’s rights are stripped away, the thread that binds all our freedoms begins to fray.
  — Norma Chavez-Peterson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
• Keep your vacuum inside the edges of the rug to avoid fraying the edge.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
• This means the straps are strong and durable when wrapped around your luggage and will not fray or snap easily.
  — Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2023
• This is how to safely clean a jute rug without fraying or staining the fibers.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
• But when the pressure of layoffs comes, that resolve may begin to fray.
  — Glenn Gow, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2023
• Our culture is frayed, our institutions are weak and civic virtue is hard to find.
  — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 22 Aug. 2025
• Replace your brush every three months, or sooner if the bristles fray.
  — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
• Kung Minkoff stood her ground, and the two’s relationship frayed for a bit longer.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
• And in that shift, clarity, culture, and trust all begin to fray.
  — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025