moth-eaten

Example Sentences

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The curtain your brother is hiding behind is moth-eaten and flimsy.

From MarketWatch

After about four hours, he found his name on the last page of a moth-eaten book.

From BBC

A tattered, moth-eaten construct that looks like it’s been cobbled together from the spare-parts bin at the $1.98 Special Effects House at the intersection of Shabby Lane and Threadbare Thoroughfare.

From Seattle Times

Their long, scraggly hair streamed behind them like raggedy, moth-eaten capes as they flew at us.

From Literature

I saw something like them in Hampton Court, but there they were worn and frayed and moth-eaten.

From Literature