Definition of tattered
1 : torn into shreds : ragged a tattered flag
2a : broken down : dilapidated decaying houses along tattered paved streets — P. B. Martinb : being in a shattered condition led their tattered party to victory
3 : wearing ragged clothes a tattered barefoot boy
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Examples of tattered in a Sentence
a pile of old tattered books
arrived at the refugee camp tattered and exhausted
Recent Examples of tattered from the Web
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By the time the war ended, Gorongosa was a tattered wreckage.
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John McBurney (Colin Farrell), after stitching up his tattered leg and giving him a sponge bath.
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To the south, the soldier walks home-bound; humbled, his clothes tattered and gun falling to his side.
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Today the government is mainly focused on combatting Islamic militancy and repairing the tattered economy.
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People who live across from here and around here deserve a facility like this and not some run down, tattered old piece of crap.
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While a thunderstorm forced the program indoors, its annual traditions continued, including a ceremonial flag folding and the respectful discarding of 188 tattered flags into a hole on the VFW's property on Roosevelt Road in Valparaiso.
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At Ombechi Primary School, supported by Uganda’s government, head teacher Olega Drangu said some children attend in tattered clothes.
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A carved line, a tattered flag brought the little procession to a halt.
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First Known Use of tattered
14th century
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playDefinition of tattered for Students
1 : torn in or worn to shreds tattered clothes
2 : dressed in ragged clothes a tattered orphan
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