Sentence examples for was tattered from inspiring English sources
adjective
Rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged
The dirty gray thatch on the roof was tattered and molting.
The rambling main building, "which was tattered but structurally sound," is 240 feet by 50 feet and has four levels.
The brass of the lectern was tarnished, and the brass of the memorial plates; the altar cloth was tattered and dingy.
By 1984, the flag was tattered, so a replacement was produced out of fine Korean silk and first flown at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
The landscape was tattered and bleak, a salt-encrusted desert leavened occasionally by a few date palms or a copse of bullrushes or a swampy section where stagnant water gathered in pools.
As a result, by the 1970's, SoHo was tattered but intact, still displaying the 19th-century charms that would soon transform it into a mecca for galleries, boutiques, restaurants and tourists.
Others outfits are tattered and torn.
The carpeting is tattered and stained.
Their once-fine gowns are tattered now.
Their gowns, once fine, are tattered.
