How to Use frazzled in a Sentence

frazzled

adjective
  • The stress of it all drives him to a frazzled thread.
    — Deborah Wilker, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Gino is in her mid-forties, with dark curly hair and a frazzled aspect.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
  • But here’s the thing, the young Canadiens don’t appear too frazzled about it.
    — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Children are up past bedtime and tended by frazzled parents.
    — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Children are up past bedtime and tended by frazzled parents.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • One of the great delights of the series is getting to see Pfeiffer so frazzled.
    — Jada Yuan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • There’s also hope that Starbucks respawns as a cozy third space and not just a quick stop for a frazzled commuter.
    — Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
  • However, in his frazzled state the Sabbath singer got confused and went to the wrong room to crash.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 27 Feb. 2023
  • In that sense, our frazzled and fractious modern era hasn’t been helpful for empathy.
    — Chris Taylor, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2021
  • So my strategy that week was to lay as low as possible, but also not to seem too frazzled or too worried.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023
  • A little pride, a little chutzpah changed the tenor on the court from frazzled and small to proud and intentional.
    — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • That’s why one country is allowing doctors to write prescriptions for four-week spa breaks for frazzled moms and dads.
    — Meghan Pryce, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The deck team is already on edge, not just from their usual frazzled state but from bringing up the tender with the crane while the guests had dinner.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Sacramento Bee is in search of our tired, our worn, our frazzled masses yearning to sleep free.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024
  • The burly bureaucrat in dark slacks and a navy sweater has a scruffy beard and the frazzled look of an anonymous factotum thrust into the limelight.
    — Joshua Hunt, Vanity Fair, 17 June 2026
  • Some creative people wrestle with the whys and hows of responding to the frazzled and fractured period in which we’re mired.
    — David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • People are warm and friendly, even the somewhat frazzled organizers.
    — Julia Cho, New York Times, 21 May 2024
  • And yet as a frazzled working parent, revamping it is the barnacle stuck at the bottom of my never-ending to-do list.
    — Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • Catcher Dillon Dingler was left trying to settle his frazzled ace.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Sydney, who was left frazzled and hearing the phantom printer long after the orders stopped coming in, left the kitchen to go throw up her nerves in the alley.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 June 2023
  • The featherweight eye cream includes chamomile for depuffing, hyaluronic acid for hydration, and thermal spring water to calm frazzled skin.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2022
  • Eyes shut, an exhausted Josef Newgarden slowly wiped his hand through his frazzled hair and tried to focus his mind on the question.
    — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 4 July 2020
  • Though Nathan has come a long way from the frazzled leadership of the first couple of charters, his conflict management has remained an issue.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Many of us eat poorly, drink excessively, and miss out on sleep between June and August, leaving us more frazzled than usual.
    — Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 15 July 2024
  • The rest of the month will provide plenty of opportunity to restore equilibrium to your frazzled nerves and settle back into healthy rhythms for your body.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Buford uses the example of a messy kitchen to illustrate how batching can improve efficiency and leave you feeling less frazzled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Nembhard, too frazzled to make a pass immediately, needs a moment to gather himself, but Hart must act quickly.
    — Fred Katz, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • But decluttering your work life can be just as powerful, creating more time and mental space for meaningful work, while leaving you less frazzled outside of it as well.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The sea held my gaze, lulling my frazzled nervous system (as did the perfect Mexican margarita, putting Texan versions to shame).
    — Brittani Sonnenberg, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Romanova, who worked in the debris alongside the others, wore a red headscarf and an exhausted expression and was too frazzled to even estimate her losses.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2023

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