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Example sentences for: fraying

How can you use “fraying” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In the climax, the pair must walk a fraying tightrope between the twin towers of the world's tallest building (in Kuala Lumpur) while millennium fireworks explode around them.
The national infrastructure is fraying, with little renewal: Belgians have a high per-capita income and spend it generously on cars and dining, but what Rousseau called the esprit social seems lacking.
Is Paradise fraying at the edges?
The paper says that strategy worked because Germans are "tired of history lessons" and concerned that their society is fraying.