be worn to a frazzle

"You must be worn to a frazzle."

The remuda is worn to a frazzle, chasing this kin of yours, and Allen won't listen to anyone.

If they accomplished all of their intentions both of the boys were going to be worn to a frazzle by the time the girls were finished with them.

In addition to being worn to a frazzle, this material is regularly treated with a spray of sexual innuendo so that Bruce can spot it and haul it out.

Dr. Gifford left the school system -"I was worn to a frazzle," he said -and ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Brooklyn against Representative Fred Richmond.

After being worn to a frazzle and needing to save match points against Serena Williams in the quarterfinals, she was pummeled by Venus Williams in the semifinals.

My vocabulary of profanity was worn to a frazzle before we were out a week, and those oxen didn't pay any more attention to a rope or myself than to the buzzing of a gnat.

Gretzky, who broke his own record for most assists in a playoffs with 31, was finally allowed to bedevil the opposition, which was worn to a frazzle by Edmonton's three-goal blitz in the second period.

Moya had been worn to a frazzle by Kuerten in their four previous meetings, all of them contested on clay, but today, with everything at stake, Moya achieved his ultimate goal on his very first attempt.

Bruguera was already the only seeded man left in contention, an Open era oddity created by the quarterfinal disappearance of the defending champion, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, who was worn to a frazzle by Brazil's flamboyant Gustavo Kuerten Tuesday.