How to Use frazzle in a Sentence

frazzle

verb
  • He's a clever player who knows how to frazzle his opponents.
  • The Sabres were clearly frazzled.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026
  • Don’t let a few pest woes frazzle you and draw your attention from the beauty and peace.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • But don’t get frazzled or ditch those travel essentials just yet.
    — Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 24 July 2023
  • Kidman is frazzled and raw in an effective way.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Craig spends a lot of time getting high and looking frazzled and that’s about all Wolff has to play.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2023
  • But this is upsetting (and frazzling) to me on a deeper level.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Her blowout, though slightly frazzled from a couple of hours in a jail cell, still cascades around her shoulders.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • She was frazzled and sharp and compassionate.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Bloom had arrived on the boardwalk frazzled from subway hassles.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • All of this scrolling and evaluating leaves us feeling frazzled and scattered.
    — Matthew Pittman, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2023
  • In the same way, being frazzled for any reason could put a wrench in your usual workout or social schedule.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The Wolves looked frazzled, unable to complete simple passes or layups.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 29 May 2025
  • My frenzied Facebook feed is the portrait of a stunned and frazzled collective mind.
    — Ruby Namdar, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Pet owners know all too well that fireworks can frazzle furry friends, but experts say there are ways to avoid nervous breakdowns.
    — Vivi Smilgius, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2023
  • Even this highly personal gift idea isn’t cutting it, and Noreen is getting frazzled as the date draws nigh.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 24 June 2025
  • Jennifer seemed frazzled, and her apartment was in disarray with clothes and shoes strewn everywhere.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
  • One of them is heftier in size, while another appears almost frazzled, having lost most of its bristles.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The Olympics are leaving everyone frazzled.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In the ballroom On the night before the big gathering, Michelle was frazzled and anxious.
    — Ellen Barry Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • When the kids are screaming, the dogs are scuffling, the television is blaring, your spouse is cranky, and your work world has frazzled your last nerve, the best medicine is --the porch.
    — Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Italians are frazzled as a summer of incinerating heat waves lingers and fear mounts over the return of hailstones the size of handballs.
    — Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • When the kids are screaming, the dogs are scuffling, the television is blaring, your spouse is cranky, and your workaday world has frazzled your last nerve, the best medicine is — the porch.
    — Marni Jameson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Allowing intrusive pinging to call the shots automatically puts you in a foot race that can leave you frazzled.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Interacting with employees who don’t seem frazzled, and beaten down, and sapped of their will to live—people respond positively to that.
    — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The Grizzlies looked frazzled in Game 3 and their youth has to be taken into consideration as a result.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Tejasvi designed it with large-font type to make text easier to see and read, and a soft, blue theme intended to be soothing to people who may come to the site fresh from a scam and be fearful or frazzled.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Shiffrin is the best turner in the world, but speed can frazzle her, especially since her crash in a giant slalom race in Vermont in 2024 that sidelined her for nine weeks.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • New England found a way to bottle up Smith-Njigba, Seattle’s top receiver, and made Darnold look frazzled at times, too.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Barrymore responded, frazzled, as the audience member quickly approached her.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 22 Aug. 2023

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