frayed

• Her denim shorts, ripped up, frayed, and hardly professional. —  The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner
• The cop was frayed--bulging eyes latticed with red veins, a twitch, cheeks rough as Brillo. —  FSF,June2006
• His black suit and string tie are frayed, his white shirts are the only white shirts left in the county, and his sod-busting shoe-tops are barely brushed by frayed cuffs of pants a bit too short, having been "taken up" a time or two. —  F ;SF - vol 099 issue 03 - September 2000
• Their courage seemed frayed, their strength flagging in the face of their own unnatural vitality—men hollow-cheeked, eyes red-rimmed with exhaustion, their horses dull-coated and ill-fed beneath the dust that coated all of them. —  Cherryh,_C.J._-_Exiles_Gate.htm
• Her nerves were frayed, the adrenaline rush gone and leaving her feeling empty. —  The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner

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