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Meanings of fray in English
Synonyms
Examples for "disturbance"
Examples for "disturbance"
1
They forced their way inside when they heard a disturbance, police said.
2
The people in the tent turned in the direction of the disturbance.
3
His execution was reported as a typical case of public order disturbance.
4
Clearly these are populations that cannot stand a great deal of disturbance.
5
There is legitimate fear of more disturbance, said government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn.
1
I was startled; Olympos was usually impossible to shock or even ruffle.
2
He could see the dull ruffle of the water under the wind.
3
Such endeavours appeared to ruffle Belvedere, and certainly disrupted any game plan.
4
The second photograph shows a Galliano ruffle dress hanging on a stand.
5
His tempers were the ruffle of a passing breeze upon deep water.
1
The Metropolitan Police said he had been arrested on suspicion of affray.
2
He had interfered in an affray in a cafe and been stabbed.
3
How the lamentable affray came about could not be explained to me.
4
He had gone by himself one day some time after the affray.
5
In the affray that succeeded, it was said that he was killed.
Usage of fray in English
1
I thought it was the result of the fray in the Tower.
2
As always, political issues are starting to enter the fray, he said.
3
Analysts say the army is loath to step into the political fray.
4
They had been able to join the fray at a critical moment.
5
They had been, in their time, in the thick of the fray.
6
The combat became fierce, and the king went forward in the fray.
7
But now the jam and egg party was joining in the fray.
8
By this time the fray was spirited and picturesque in the extreme.
9
At that time, Jean Vernocq was in the midst of the fray.
10
I was with Bacon in '76, in the fray with the Susquehannocks.
11
Right about now their sense of wellbeing may be starting to fray.
12
I was determined to be of the fray; my blood was up.
13
Mr Webb, scenting victory, was trying to rise above the fray yesterday.
14
With Volcan out, only two potential bidders likely remain in the fray.
15
Yet this may be Jeb's only moment to jump into the fray.
16
Max laughed and longed for the fray; he was beginning to live.
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Fray through the time
Fray across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common