Verb the little boy tattered that blanket beyond repair by repeatedly yanking on it
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Verb
Dangerous Toys’ tattered sway made these Austin, Texas rockers an appealing spin for fans whose appetite for destruction had yet to be satiated. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 29 May 2020 Most of the fabric was worn, torn or tattered, and the bits that were still in good condition were too small to use for other projects. Alisha Mcdarris, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2020 Coming down that highway, one’s arrival was confirmed by a row of flag poles holding international flags, tattered and generally ignored. Nathan Taylor Pemberton, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2020 So where did Ransom’s tattered cozy knit end up after filming wrapped? Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 26 Dec. 2019 So where did Ransome’s tattered cozy knit end up after filming wrapped? Hanna Flanagan, PEOPLE.com, 3 Dec. 2019 This store, along with other Starbucks locations throughout the city, would fall prey to similar assaults during the day, leaving dozens of storefronts defaced and tattered. Grady Mcgregor, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2019 Over time, the pages of the book tattered, until Futhu was able to read it himself.New York Times, 8 Aug. 2019 The flag, pierced by German bullet holes and tattered by the wind, flew aboard one of the landing crafts that troops used to storm the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. David Jackson, USA TODAY, 19 July 2019
Noun
Decades later, the Squirrel, as her friends called her, hung on to every old tatter. Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2021 Even as the protests rage, voters are also enduring a coronavirus death toll that’s exceeded 100,000 and a U.S. economy in tatters. Justin Sink, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2020 Such potential tatters of ancient DNA are not exactly Jurassic Park–quality. Riley Black, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 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 With its economy and healthcare system already in tatters, Syria isn’t in a position to deal with either the medical or financial fallout from the coronavirus. Ian Bremmer, Time, 19 Apr. 2020 For a white liberal, the book leaves many an illusion in tatters. Michael Ignatieff, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2020 Since the coronavirus hit, China's economy has been in tatters. Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2020 Now, that partnership is in tatters as the coronavirus pandemic has driven the fastest collapse of oil prices in more than a generation. Matt Phillips, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse tǫturr tatter; akin to Old English tætteca rag, Old High German zotta matted hair, tuft