ratty
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We sat together on opposite ends of a ratty sofa in an empty writer’s office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Reubens can be charming talking about “finding a character” just by putting on a ratty wig, and candid when he admits that Jay Longtoe — his Native American lounge singer character — was racist.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
I know people think it is about his goal - and it was a wonderful strike - but he was all over the place, putting his foot in, making loads of fouls, ratty tackles.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024
Although most historical accounts date the arrival of brown rats to about 1775, new evidence suggests this ratty rivalry began much earlier.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 4, 2024
You’d see a classmate who normally dressed in ratty jeans and an untucked shirt crossing campus in a pin-striped suit and understand that he or she was destined for a Manhattan skyscraper.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
I considered a flannel shirt but it was too hot so I opted for a rattier T-shirt than the one I had on.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2015
Up to then Rightist posters had been rattier than Madrid's.
From Time Magazine Archive
Charlie’s long gray hair was rattier than usual, and he had forgotten to put in his teeth.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
This giant was not ill-looking, but of a rattier intelligent aspect.
From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dropped eggs can be served with it if you choose, but they are rattier heavy for such a delicate soup.
From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Maria Parloa
You live in Seattle, a city that always ranks among the rattiest in the country.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
“I arrived at this boutique hotel and I’ve got this raincoat that is absolutely the rattiest thing you could ever see,” said Preminger.
From Fox News ● Apr. 10, 2019
“The best literature,” Malcolm Cowley said in a letter, “sometimes produces the rattiest psychological effects.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2017
Most tried to fit in, digging out their rattiest jeans and slowing down their speech.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2014
She had the rattiest collection of sick and sorry animals in her youth, and of sick and sorry friends as she grew older.
From Christina by L. G. Moberly
