fray at the edges การใช้

• The apparently peaceful conquest of California soon began to fray at the edges in southern California.
• Still, after 32 years in power, his presence in the Indonesia power vortex frays at the edges.
• One of President Clinton's most loyal constituencies, Irish America, is starting to fray at the edges.
• And don't forget speaking engagements, in which anecdotes from the arena of competition can be told until they fray at the edges.
• The lack of progress has begun to fray at the edges of the optimism felt after Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said in April that he was ready to discuss all issues, including Kashmir, that divide the two countries.
• Israel's occupation of the West Bank city of Ramallah started to fray at the edges, with the destruction mounting, peace activists storming past troops to Arafat's aid and threats by the Israeli government to expell journalists from the entire district . ( Kaplow, Cox News Service)