tattered

Scattered in the dirt around the opening of the well were tattered clothes left behind after bodies had been pulled out.

Her tattered dress was no match for the blustery winds at sea.

The couch was tattered and stained, with stuffing poking out of the cushions.

Over tattered drum and bass patterns, retro-futuristic crescendos and ephemeral melodies, Twigs attempts to bottle the way dance music makes her feel.

Crammed under a tattered tent on rough wooden benches, Yemeni children are learning Arabic grammar -- lucky to receive an education at all in a country hammered by years of war.