ratty

Example Sentences

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In front of the cabin’s lone window, Owen saw another polar bear prevention device: a ratty old couch.

From Literature

My hair was slicked back under a dirty slouch hat, and my dusty boots stuck out from beneath a ratty pair of men’s trousers.

From Literature

“I actually love these gigs,” he said, dressed in a gas station attendant’s jacket over a ratty Replacements T-shirt.

From Los Angeles Times

Gurr didn’t recognize the company patriarch — “an older guy, unshaven, kinda ratty looking” — when he put his leg up on one of the tires of the mini-car.

From Los Angeles Times

Reubens can be charming talking about “finding a character” just by putting on a ratty wig, and candid when he admits that Jay Longtoe — his Native American lounge singer character — was racist.

From Salon