tatter

Example Sentences

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With their title hopes in tatters, Liverpool can't be certain of reaching the Champions League last 16 either after a second defeat in five games in the tournament.

From Barron's

The reputation of the U.S. government was in tatters for young people, meaning the band looked, as the magazine put it, like “propaganda pawns — which is, more or less, what they were.”

From New York Times

Many other sports presenters and pundits refused to go on air in a show of support, leaving that weekend's TV and radio programming in tatters.

From BBC

“Well, his world title ambitions are in tatters if he loses this fight.”

From Washington Times

Her solicitor had told the court that the incident had "left her 34-year police career in jeopardy and her reputation in tatters".

From BBC