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as in ragged
wearing torn or worn-out clothes
arrived at the shelter tattered and exhausted
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as in faded
worn or torn into or as if into rags
a hobo in tattered old clothes and worn-out shoes
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as in ripped
to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it
the little boy tattered that blanket beyond repair by repeatedly yanking on it
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Recent Examples of tattered
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 23 July 2024
Amalie fell asleep with the tattered edge of her old security blanket gripped in her hand.
—Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
Two hours after the attack, Abu Awad sat on a tattered couch outside the building where Judeh lived in Turmus Ayya.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2024
Tucked inside was a tattered photo of me, a snaggletoothed first-grader at Church Street Elementary School in Tupelo, Miss.
—Minrose Gwin, New York Times, 18 May 2024
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Dressed in tattered robes, Lewis entertains not only by illuminating but also via his signature sassy phrases that originally captured the adoration of fans.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 23 July 2024
Amalie fell asleep with the tattered edge of her old security blanket gripped in her hand.
—Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
Two hours after the attack, Abu Awad sat on a tattered couch outside the building where Judeh lived in Turmus Ayya.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2024
Tucked inside was a tattered photo of me, a snaggletoothed first-grader at Church Street Elementary School in Tupelo, Miss.
—Minrose Gwin, New York Times, 18 May 2024
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Carl Wanderer was sentenced to hang for killing the unnamed ragged stranger.Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
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While the Barry star is great here, the episode actually belongs to Mia Isaac and the terrifying Amy Ruggiero as an escaped patient named Alice Taylor, who appears at a hospital one night in a ragged state, unable to close her mouth.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
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And now, decades later, Dora Richardson had become a faded historical aside, a name on a patent, and not much more.Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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At the official start of the fall 2024 NFL season in September, the tight end, 35, made waves with his look, which had gone from his signature buzz cut to a shaggy crew cut with super faded sides.Michelle Lee, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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Correspondent Seth Doane talks with Russell about a show seemingly ripped from the headlines.David Morgan, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
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Fifteen days after the storm ripped through the Blue Ridge Mountains, power was finally restored to the property thanks to dozens of linemen, from local Sumter Utilities to Gagnon Lines Construction out of Canada.Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
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Prescott partially tore a hamstring in the second half of Dallas’ Week 9 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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About 30,500 initial jobless claims were filed in North Carolina in the nearly three weeks after Hurricane Helene tore through the western part of the state in late September, according to the state’s Division of Employment Security.Tami Luhby, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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For example, cotton remnants must be picked off steel mattress springs before it can be shredded or baled for sale to scrap markets, according to the Mattress Recycling Council.Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
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Still, the storm's winds sent a crane crashing into a downtown office building and shredded the roof of Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team.Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Tattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tattered. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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