1.   Tempers frayed in the stifling atmosphere of blaring speakers and flashing lights.

2.   As the temperature rose, tempers frayed.

3.   At the same time, tempers were clearly fraying among people who had been prevented from returning to their property by emergency officials.

4.   Here and there, tempers were fraying as the heat combined with the effects of prolonged local blackouts.

5.   Tempers had been fraying, for House Democrats were in full harangue about Republican unwillingness to schedule campaign finance legislation for action.

6.   Tempers frayed, shouts erupted, and Wayne police officers on Monday-moonlight duty as security guards worked to keep the peace.

7.   Tempers frayed at the Ponderosa RV Park near Kissimmee where survivors were denied access to their splintered homes as rescue workers continued to search with dogs and heavy equipment.

8.   When Gore first called Bush to concede, and then to retract his concession, tempers frayed.

9.   With nations as with households, tempers fray when the money runs out.

10.   But vendors sold beer and rum anyway, and when tempers frayed, some people used the bottles as missiles, flinging them from the bleachers into crowds below.