ADJECTIVE
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worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths
moth-eaten blankets -
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
moth-eaten theories about race
stale news -
showing signs of wear and tear
an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains
a ratty old overcoat
shabby furniture
How To Use moth-eaten In A Sentence
- His mane is a little threadbare and Mum threatens to bin him calling him moth-eaten!
- When you think of seaside hotels, moth-eaten candlewick bedspreads and ferocious landladies usually come to mind.
- Inside, I would probably find nothing of interest: maybe some moth-eaten old clothes and someone's forgotten junk.
- After the room was filled with the warmth of the cheery fire, I tossed the newspaper onto the moth-eaten sofa and sat down behind my desk to at last fill out the bills I'd neglected the day before.
- Archie performs his moth-eaten variety act before dwindling audiences in dog-eared music hall theatres.
- The so-called `special relationship" always looks moth-eaten when we're in office. THE ENDLESS GAME
- We drove through a somewhat moth-eaten deer park.
- A four-poster bed with a slightly moth-eaten canopy lay in one corner, appearing as if it hadn't been used for many a night, and a table stood beside it.
- The musty, moth-eaten curtains, once a grand crimson, were now dull brown and drooping listlessly.
- His getting on his box, which I remember to have been decorated with an old weather-stained pea-green hammercloth moth-eaten into rags, was quite a work of time. Great Expectations
