frazzle

• I imagine Thurible Excelsior and Ingman Jubility and Master Venturesome choking or being scorched to a frazzle, the lighthouse of Haven Bay exploding. —  Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2002
• If the Germans are thrashed to a frazzle (and we haven't altogether done that yet) and we set about putting the world in order, when we come to discuss Disarmament, the British Fleet will be the most difficult item in the world to dispose of. —  The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II
• You didn't tell him what I'd said, for goshsakes Oh, Sally, do speak like a responsible adult and not a frazzle-brained adolescent! —  Kenneth Bulmer - Worlds for the Taking
• My stars, you come home looking like something the cat dragged in, worrying me to a frazzle, and the first thing out of your mouth is an order. —  TAMI HOAG
• He never wore love to a frazzle, nor caressed the object of his affections into fidgets; neither did he let her starve, although at times she might go hungry. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14

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