ADJECTIVE
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worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths
moth-eaten blankets -
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
moth-eaten theories about race
stale news -
showing signs of wear and tear
an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains
a ratty old overcoat
shabby furniture
How To Use moth-eaten In A Sentence
- His mane is a little threadbare and Mum threatens to bin him calling him moth-eaten!
- She tugged some moth-eaten curtain her way and pinned it to the back of the case with her knee. THE RHYTHM SECTION
- Mr. Monkey turns out to be a moth-eaten glove puppet.
- There was a shoddy wooden control tower, with a moth-eaten windsock and several obsolete instruments on it.
- The books themselves were dirty and well worn; their bindings held together by moth-eaten reddish cloth.
- As she buried herself under the thin, moth-eaten sheets, she knew it was no use trying to sleep, she had two hours of it in the carriage, and the way Zacharias was noisily rummaging through his suitcase wasn't helping.
- Can a moth-eaten camelhair coat be repaired?
- Indeed, in the flesh he has more than a passing resemblance to a slightly moth-eaten circus lion.
- I flopped back onto the moth-eaten sofa, glad to rest for a moment.
- Yeah, cos the map got a little moth-eaten and I have to navigate through the blank patches.
