How to Use ratty in a Sentence

ratty

adjective

• Those shoes are getting pretty ratty.
• The ratty club run by the nice Madam Qin is on its last legs.
  — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2019
• Is the trash can or ratty lawn chair still in the background?
  — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 29 June 2017
• The show takes place on a bare stage with a couple of ladders on the sides and a ratty curtain at the back.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 5 July 2017
• But the Corinthian of the comics is also a little ratty.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2022
• This ratty sweater is going to power me through the day.
  — Philip Galanes, New York Times, 13 May 2017
• To atone for that addition, perhaps, the owners kept the ratty red vinyl on the stools at the counter.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
• Throw off those tired old sweatpants and ratty T-shirts.
  — Ian Kerner, CNN, 17 May 2021
• Replace their ratty old tool belt with this sleek one from Carhartt.
  — Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2022
• Stuck with a ratty old one that leaks everywhere and doesn’t even keep your food and drinks cold?
  — Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
• If your lawn looks ratty and is full of weeds, then rototilling it up is not a good idea.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2021
• The parent birds look ratty by the time the kids have fledged, but a few months later they’re all turned out in fresh feathers.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2017
• In fact, there were 50 percent more fish in the reefs around the birdy islands versus the ratty islands.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 12 July 2018
• Next up was a musician, a young guy with ratty blond hair.
  — Kevin Roose, New York Times, 27 June 2018
• No dirty jeans or ratty sweatshirts hang off these bikes.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2019
• Because there were my parents, on a ratty old loveseat With gadgets plugged in and a cheese plate to eat.
  — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2023
• By the time Belichick reached the lectern for his postgame presser, in a ratty T-shirt with the sleeves cut ragged like a dad out to mow the lawn, his smile had turned smirk.
  — Greg Bishop, SI.com, 23 Jan. 2018
• The food is fair to terrible, the rugs have a ratty feel but seem redeemed by that aura of high-class wear and tear.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 24 Apr. 2018
• Most people take out the trash in ratty mesh shorts, some inside-out T-shirt, and house slippers.
  — Max Berlinger, GQ, 27 Sep. 2017
• My kids went over to get the ball and our middle-age neighbor stood there in his ratty bathrobe and sprayed my children with his hose!
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2020
• Later that day, Rahul extracted a pair of ratty slippers from a garbage pile and wore them.
  — Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2020
• Otherwise, come on over, kick off your Manolo Blahniks or ratty flip-flops, and stay awhile.
  — Liz Krieger, Good Housekeeping, 6 June 2023
• Why are some of these dudes showing up to the cocktail party in ratty shirts when Tayshia is serving evening glamour?
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2020
• Her bare feet protruded from the bottom of her small, ratty blanket.
  — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 10 Dec. 2019
• Made of breathable cotton-jersey, this tee-and-pant set is a simple upgrade from ratty shirts and sweats.
  — Vanessa Powell, Men's Health, 23 Nov. 2022
• Their flower spikes dying from the bottom up looked ratty, their dark green leaves anonymous.
  — Perdita Buchan, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2017
• Ad says Wagner was sued for renting ratty apartments in the 1980s.
  — John Baer, Philly.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• These days there are tons of underwear brands that are trying to sell ratty t-shirts that fall apart after a few washes.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 20 Dec. 2022
• To keep the plant from looking ratty, water it once a week during dry spells and use a couple of inches of mulch around the plant to help conserve moisture.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2018
• In this new book, Rudy retells the classic Cinderella tale, putting a young mouse under the thumbs of a ratty stepfamily.
  — oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024