Frayed nerves

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
8-[
Pronunciation
/freɪd nərvz/
Category
Internet
Related Field
Emoticons

Examples in Context

  1. I did my best, if with increasingly frayed nerves.
  2. It is also crucial to avoid the contempt so characteristic of the frayed nerves caused by failing negotiations.
  3. So how can job seekers keep cool when it counts? Relax. A few simple techniques can help calm frayed nerves and sooth interview jitters.
  4. There were few signs of frayed nerves among the day traders crowded into the small, airless brokerage on the fifth floor of Jingtai Towers in central Beijing on Friday.