tattered

Example Sentences

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Not so long ago, tattered old maps of Africa’s most remote mining regions would conjure up images of Allan Quatermain cutting his way deep into the jungle in search of King Solomon’s Mines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

In “Vaccine Flag,” a vertical banner arcs gracefully across a soft gradient of L.A. haze, but the banner’s fabric is so tattered and decayed that its advertisement for vaccines is barely legible.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Nabila Shenar, one of Saadani's customers, explained how tattered banknotes make life difficult.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

Back in Tawila, Mohamed Abdu-Teia, who had been a patient at the Saudi Hospital when the RSF closed in, can do little else but lay on the ground with his leg in a tattered cast.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

The band of wolf fur was tattered and filthy, but very precious.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver