The phrase "fraught time" means a period filled with difficulties, tensions, or emotional stress.
Sentences with «fraught time»
In fact, less emotionally fraught times are good opportunities for laying groundwork that will help your child cope when she does lose someone. (babycenter.com)
Remember: For young families, buying a home is an emotionally fraught time. (realtormag.realtor.org)
AAMD president Michael Conforti says that visitorship is up, suggesting that in fraught times like these, museums can provide a reassuring setting for visitors to interact with art, with their heritage — and with one another. (artnews.com)