TATTERED in a Sentence

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There was a tattered man, fouled with dust, blood and powder stain from hair to shoes, who trudged quietly at the youth's side.

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 Meanings and Examples of TATTERED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tattered
 a.  torn into shreds; ragged; having ragged clothes; disordered or disrupted
Classic Sentence: (68 in 5 pages)
1  Uncle Henry wiped his wet feet on the rag rug and groaned as he drew on his tattered shoes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
2  There were harsh lines of fatigue and urgency in his face but his tattered gray hat was off with a sweep.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
3  There was a heavy pistol openly in his trouser band and from the top of his tattered boot protruded the hilt of a bowie knife.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
4  Monstrous tattered clouds sprawled round a forlorn moon; puddles and rocks glistened with inner light.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
5  Seeing a light, we went down, and found only an old rigger there, wrapped in a tattered pea-jacket.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.
6  Whenever we rode over in that direction we saw her out among her cattle, bareheaded and barefooted, scantily dressed in tattered clothing, always knitting as she watched her herd.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: IV
7  Others spoke of tattered and eternally hungry men who fired despondent powders.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
8  There was a tattered man, fouled with dust, blood and powder stain from hair to shoes, who trudged quietly at the youth's side.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
9  The tattered man shrank back abashed.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
10  After they had walked together for some time the tattered man mustered sufficient courage to speak.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
11  The tattered man looked after him in astonishment.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
12  The youth fell back in the procession until the tattered soldier was not in sight.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
13  Because of the tattered soldier's question he now felt that his shame could be viewed.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
14  Turning he saw that it belonged to the tattered soldier.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
15  He was startled from this view by a shrill outcry from the tattered man.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
Example Sentence:
1  I know he looks a bit of a rough diamond in his tattered jeans, but apparently he does a lot of good work for local charities.
2  Tonight, the peace agreement lies in tatters.
3  Her marriage now lay in tatters.