How to Use tattered in a Sentence

tattered

adjective

• 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
• To the south, the soldier walks home-bound; humbled, his clothes tattered and gun falling to his side.
  — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 25 June 2017
• A carved line, a tattered flag brought the little procession to a halt.
  — Janice Steinhagen, Courant Community, 9 June 2017
• The jack-o'-lantern, which sits atop a ghoulish body draped in tattered black robes, also speaks.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
• By the time the war ended, Gorongosa was a tattered wreckage.
  — Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2017
• 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
• Since then, Smith has complained about the overgrown grass and tattered flag, but nothing has changed.
  — Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune, 26 May 2017
• Boyfriend Pants are not always schleppy and tattered from years of private wear and love.
  — Beca Grimm, GQ, 2 Aug. 2017
• 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
• All critics and jeering old folks need is a platform (cable TV, Instagram, a tattered soap box) to discredit the movement as the performative act of feckless snowflakes and spoiled children.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024