How to Use tattered in a Sentence

tattered

adjective
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  • Tired, tattered bathrobes should be left in the closet, or the trash.
    — Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Taped to the window of the shop was a tattered perfume ad. ...
    — Whitney Johnson, National Geographic, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Inside, the boy sat on the floor atop a tattered mattress ripped at the seams.
    — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The tattered remains of an orange tent flap in the wind.
    — New York Times, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Eva Tillett had tied her pants up with a length of tattered white rope.
    — Sonya Bennett-Brandt, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Her border collie, Mae, leads the way up the steps and through the tattered screen door.
    — Noah Davis, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Across the street, a tattered Oceanview Plaza banner flapped in the wind.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Max Davies, adorned in a tattered Raiders jersey, has been a diehard fan of the Silver and Black since the 1980s.
    — Ben Morse For Cnn, CNN, 6 Oct. 2019
  • He's seen clad in only tattered jeans with a chain and lock around his neck.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The field was dry, the winter grass patchy in spots, and the sun kept peeking through a tattered cover of clouds.
    — Bill Morris, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The tattered and stained pages were held together by a binder clip.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The jack-o'-lantern, which sits atop a ghoulish body draped in tattered black robes, also speaks.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The woman warmed herself with a worn blanket and a tattered coat.
    — Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2017
  • The $45 exchange left her locks a tattered, uneven mess.
    — NBC News, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Evans told Gabe to wait outside in a children’s play area filled with sticky toys and tattered board games.
    — cleveland.com, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Santos showed me the tattered wisp of a piece of paper with his uncle's name and phone number on it.
    — Juju Chang, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Officers found him in tattered clothes a block away from the apartment.
    — Caleb Parke, Fox News, 6 July 2018
  • Throw on some tattered burlap and a pageboy hat and belt out your loneliness, girl.
    — Vogue, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Not a ghost, exactly, just a bit of tattered cloth, a handful of teeth, and a single, sleepy eye floating in the dark.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 June 2021
  • There was also one torn and tattered Drew Henson (No. 7).
    — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • In terms of equipment, there might have been a single treadmill, a set of dusty weights, and a tattered yoga mat or two.
    — Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Apr. 2020
  • When staring sadly at your tattered shoes, spend more time focused on the stars.
    — Philip Chard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The oil will add luster and temporarily smooth the tattered hair.
    — Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 19 Dec. 2017
  • At the height of the pass, where a tattered Argentine flag fluttered above the border post, Nestor got down to shake hands with the officials.
    — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The trees lining the creek were once littered with the tattered remains of plastic shopping bags and caution tape washed down from the city.
    — Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 10 Oct. 2020
  • Cousins in their mid-20s cooled the rice with tattered paper fans that belonged to their grandmother.
    — Hannah Kirshner, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2019
  • If the Paris fashion house were to launch an entirely new line of pricey, tattered clothing, what should it be called?
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 19 May 2022
  • At least in the short term, Lapid, a centrist, will be Israel’s point man on repairs to the tattered relationship with Biden and the Democrats.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2021
  • At least in the short term, Lapid, a centrist, will be Israel's point man on repairs to the tattered relationship with Biden and the Democrats.
    — Laurie Kellman, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
  • Gonzalez, homeless for the last month, had put on her best outfit, a tattered peach dress.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2020

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