On the contrary, the quarrel between the two great lords of our marches will cause them to loose their hold of the border men, and I foresee that we shall have frays and forays among ourselves again, as in the worst times of old.
I told you to keep yourself free from frays of all kinds, and here you have been engaged in one before we have been twelve hours in Paris.
But the enemy of peace and concord, finding himself foiled and disappointed in the scanty produce of so promising a field, resolved to try his fortune once more, by contriving new frays and disturbances.
Duelling, in the modern sense of the word, exclusive of casual frays and single combat during war, was unknown before the sixteenth century.
To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly.
Note: A barbarity mentioned by some travelers as formerly practiced in the brutal frays of desperadoes in some parts of the United States.
Like a practised soldier, whom frequent frays has taught wisdom, he resolved to reconnoitre before he advanced upon a post that might be in possession of an enemy.
One could hardly expect you to be cool when one of these night-frays is coming on, but there's no occasion to be frightened.
Then ensued quarrels, misunderstandings, fraysand reprisals; the Nawab complaining of the loss of duties, whilst the British set him at defiance, and resisted all attempts to collect the duties by force of arms.
They described a terrible riot that broke out at St. Thome because of some interference with a Hindu procession, and they urged that the frays between the Right and Left Hands were sufficient proof that it was best to leave the Hindus alone.
During this movement Colonel Pilcher was continually engaged with either Commandants Jacob or Erasmus, emerging from the various frays with waggons, stock, and prisoners.
While these frays were going forward, Lategan's raiders, who had been pressed into the Orange River Colony, were there being forcibly tackled by Colonel Byng and General Plumer.
These frays were so unceasing, and so deadly, that at length hardly any one dared live in all the border region.
Another two months of frays and skirmishes followed.
The women not only instigated the champions to those rough, if not bloody fraysof tournament, but also frequented the tournaments during all the reign of Edward, whose spirit of gallantry encouraged this practice.
What frays you, that were wont to comfort me afraid?
This was only one of countless frays when the dog Pilot with her puppies sounded the alarm of prowlers in the woods.
Twenty men will be sufficient for dignity, and as a protection against any small bodies of the hostile tribesmen you may meet on your way; but have no frays if you can avoid it.
Street frays were by no means unusual in Carthage, but this was a veritable battle.
On recovering, Wallace had other frays with the English, all of which greatly increased his reputation throughout that part of the country, so that more adherents came to him, and his band began to be formidable.
The marquis was getting very tired of cock-fights and the acrid fumes of beer, not to speak of frays with constables and loves at street-corners.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "frays" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
