How to Use tatter in a Sentence

tatter

noun

• Many of the hard-won achievements of my life are in tatters.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2018
• If Trump and Farage get their way, much of that dream will be in tatters.
  — Ian Buruma, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2016
• His big plans to overhaul the European Union are in tatters.
  — Alissa J. Rubin, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2018
• The economy is in tatters and large parts of the country have been reduced to rubble.
  — Andrea Thomas, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2018
• Decades later, the Squirrel, as her friends called her, hung on to every old tatter.
  — Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2021
• But with the Avengers and the universe in tatters, the table is set for Captain Marvel to make her debut and rally the troops.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 9 May 2018
• Trump’s legacy and that of his family could end up in tatters.
  — Graydon Carter, vanityfair.com, 22 Mar. 2017
• But a run of nine straight defeats have seemingly left those dreams in tatters.
  — SI.com, 7 June 2019
• For the costume, tatter and stain a worn dress with food coloring or fabric dye.
  — Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping, 29 July 2020
• Some of the harshest words have come from President Donald Trump, who has said the agency is in tatters.
  — NBC News, 21 Mar. 2018
• For a white liberal, the book leaves many an illusion in tatters.
  — Michael Ignatieff, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2020
• Five days later, Gay went down in a heap late in a game against Indiana, his left Achilles tendon in tatters.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Apr. 2018
• Kabul, Afghanistan — With Taliban peace talks in tatters, Afghanistan is now bracing for the backlash.
  — Charlie D'agata, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2019
• While her image is in tatters abroad, Suu Kyi is still popular at home.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 10 Dec. 2019
• Let’s hope that come November, this country isn’t left in tatters, too.
  — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020
• His army is in tatters, and while the common people still largely support him, the powerful clans do not.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2020
• In one, a fist crushes an American missile, and a flag explodes in tatters.
  — Amanda Erickson, Washington Post, 5 July 2017
• Now Sunday's announcement leaves the agreement that took years to hammer out in tatters.
  — NBC News, 6 Jan. 2020
• Fast-forward to a year and a half later, and our relationship remains in tatters.
  — oregonlive, 9 Jan. 2020
• The bar itself is in tatters — although the thatched room still stands — after a storm surge shoved it into the neighboring fence of a nearby business.
  — Phillip Valys, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• At home, the remnants of a successful Etsy business lie in tatters all over the family room, a reminder of what once was and what could have been.
  — Jeff Bogle, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2019
• The Blues defence was in tatters, with Watford running rings around the Premier League champions.
  — SI.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• The country’s education and health services lay in tatters, with wages down 90%.
  — Natasha Frost, Quartzy, 31 Aug. 2019
• Mr Bolsonaro’s plans for fighting crime and corruption are in tatters.
  — The Economist, 23 Nov. 2019
• The other side of the bracket — West versus South — is more unorthodox, thanks to a string of upsets that left countless office pools in tatters.
  — David Wharton, latimes.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• Westminster is in disarray, Theresa May’s deal is in tatters and EU leaders aren’t sure of how to delay the shambles, if at all.
  — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2019
• With the economy in tatters, the only reliable homebuyers were the wealthy.
  — Jeff Andrews, Curbed, 29 Nov. 2018
• Wall Street’s reputation is in tatters in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
  — Seema Mehta, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
• Flaws that good teams take advantage of have been exposed, but TCU’s confidence is hardly in tatters.
  — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 15 Jan. 2018
• Similar battles played out across the nation, and by the mid-70s, the Plan—while not totally defeated—rested in tatters.
  — Kim Kelly, The New Republic, 22 May 2018

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