tatter

an old woman in tattered clothes.

the ceasefire was in tatters within hours.

He was wearing a tattered coat.

With their plans now in tatters, they gave up.

Everywhere wallpaper hung in tatters.

A tatter of shadows peaked to white,

A tattered flag hung from the roof of the burnt-out building.

tattered notebooks filled with illegible hieroglyphics.

When I wake, a tatter of blue and green beneath my nails.

His career and his reputation are both in tatters after the scandal.

Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.

There are citrus Huanglongbing,Tristeza,Exocortis and Tatter-leaf of the graft-trans-missible diseases occurred in the citrus-producing areas in Fujian.

The economy and infrastructure were in tatters.

Zimbabwe's economy is in tatters, Ari.

The British army is saved, but they seem tatters.

The city's infrastructure is in tatters.

With the ceasefire broken, that process is now in tatters.

Hunger and disease are lurking, and the economy is in tatters.

She could not bear to see him in tatters, working, her debonaire immaculate Ashley.

Within hours, diplomatic relations were in tatters and all new trade frozen.

He has previously said that the bureau's reputation is " in tatters."

Tents were still in tatters today and upturned chairs littered the ground.