tattered

Example Sentences

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“I work so hard,” said Barrueto, who on a recent afternoon was cooking beans in a pair of tattered jeans.

From Los Angeles Times

But in Tawila, an AFP journalist gathered rare testimonies from five former detainees, speaking to them inside fragile shelters of straw and tattered fabric.

From Barron's

But we sense from her tattered sweater and blank stare a disconnection.

From Los Angeles Times

What he did with his wages we never knew; he had remained as tattered and threadbare as ever.

From Literature

It looked taller than a man, a terrible, tattered figure, faceless in the leafy shadow.

From Literature