moth-eaten

Example Sentences

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Edith Wharton is a moth-eaten gown in the musty attic of American literature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

We’re more taken by the scenes in which her father, Stellan Skarsgård’s faded filmmaker Gustav, dusts off his moth-eaten charisma to charm Elle Fanning’s Hollywood starlet into doing his new project.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

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

From BBC • May 29, 2023

The dog struggled lamely to the side of the room and lay down, grunting softly to himself and licking his grizzled, moth-eaten coat.

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck