Sentence examples for tattered on from inspiring English sources

The Sunnis boycotted, and the 2005 election posters — many of them remain, faded and tattered, on those spots of wall in Baghdad not blanketed by the current posters — referred mostly to a handful of big parties and emphasized the religious figures who forged them, as opposed to today's myriad individual candidates.

Drew's favorite blanket is worn and tattered on the end.

Other have tattered flags on poles.

When you've got a musty old hat that's tattered and torn, putting on one that you've not worn in years is bound to make you feel better -- and look better, too.

Her blue bathrobe, tattered, still hangs on the bathroom door, the brocade seats of the dining room chairs are shredding.

The weekend did have much to distract everyone from such things, what with the N.B.A. lockout ending in time for Christmas — ESPN.com's Michael Wilbon claims at least they got something right — and Urban Meyer deciding that a year was enough time with his family before he dives into the Ohio State job with his credibility a bit tattered, writes Pat Forde on Yahoo.com.

The leaves will grow back, and the tree will carry on, a bit tattered, but not too much the worse for wear.

Then there is the Family Room literature, tattered journals that report on why some hunky actor prefers slit-eyed Renee Zellweger to Jennifer Aniston, or delivers the bulletin: "Reese looks happy".

It's a great big radar installation with huge domes and the covering on it is tattered.

Labour's tattered renewal on the lease to 10 Downing Street was widely blamed on resentment of Britain's entry into the Iraq war.

Yemen's antigovernment protesters, who have been camped out in tattered tents on the streets of major cities here for months, are divided on the election.