moth-eaten
Example Sentences
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Edith Wharton is a moth-eaten gown in the musty attic of American literature.
Farther down the road, I saw Cully Pone shaking his moth-eaten hat in our direction.
From Literature
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
