1.   People were pushing each other, and tempers were becoming frayed.

2.   As the global deals become bigger and more complex, tempers could get frayed.

3.   But with the long hours, tempers are frayed even when no stall is mounted.

4.   In fact, the gravity of the anthrax threat and the complexities of the cleanup have worn the patience and frayed the tempers of worried senators and their staffs.

5.   On any given day, almost any given hour, highways are clogged and tempers are frayed.

6.   The roads are torn up, Centennial Olympic Park is a mud pit and tempers are still frayed over the ticket lottery.

7.   The unaccustomed tedium of sitting silently for hours at a time can fray tempers as the trial proceeds.

8.   After days and days of unsought togetherness at home, tempers are frayed.

9.   Tempers were clearly frayed near the end of the match, when Palmeiras coach Luiz Felipe Scolari clashed with Vasco winger Valber on the touch line.

10.   Tempers were frayed by an unprecedented two-day vote marred by accusations of vote fraud and eight deaths in political violence.