moth-eaten blankets. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
moth-eaten theories about race. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Drops of water clung like dew to the moth-eaten beard. From Wordnik.com. [A Shadow in Summer] Reference
Of course there will be a few moth-eaten old cannibals. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments moth-eaten!. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
The fabric was stained and rotten, in places moth-eaten. From Wordnik.com. [The Spanish Chest] Reference
Then he looked about upon a dingy, moth-eaten hotel lobby. From Wordnik.com. [Sister Carrie] Reference
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism: Positive and Negative] Reference
He pointed to a small pile of used newspapers on the moth-eaten sofa. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
She indicated a small humpbacked trunk covered with moth-eaten horsehair. From Wordnik.com. [Ralestone Luck] Reference
They found a little hat of soft brown plush, but it was entirely moth-eaten. From Wordnik.com. [A Simple Soul] Reference
I saw something like them in Hampton Court, but they were worn and frayed and moth-eaten. From Wordnik.com. [Dracula] Reference
It is often weak and reluctant, riddled with timidities, or moth-eaten with worldly ease. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Many hip bars and cafes offer seating on pensioners 'moth-eaten sofas or old theater props. From Wordnik.com. [Dumpster Divers] Reference
A moth-eaten worsted motto and cross, "The Rock of Ages," hung above the little bureau glass. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
I studied Rae: her untended auburn curls, lack of makeup, mangy coat, and moth-eaten sweater. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
Then came an old uniform, moth-eaten long before Dame Alison's careful hands had folded it away. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
He nodded, not trusting his voice, seeing the outlines of Grad's face, outlined in moth-eaten blanket. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
He wore an unadorned frock coat, a moth-eaten cravat, and a waistcoat and trousers of mismatched plaid. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
He just had some old moth-eaten Kilims, but he was the first person I'd go to see when I'd come go Baghdad. From Wordnik.com. [The Outlaw State: Saddam Hussein's Quest for Power and the Gulf Crisis] Reference
St. Elizabeths men, all four of them, looked just a little like moth-eaten versions of old silent pictures. From Wordnik.com. [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference
Besides, percolating from the top, the endemic corruption has made the administration moth-eaten and listless. From Wordnik.com. [Op-Ed: Carnage at Mumbai and the Way Ahead] Reference
He stopped, stared in a window full of moth-eaten, heat-stippled chocolates and dead blowflies, then shrugged. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
The St. Elizabeths men, all four of them, looked just a little like moth-eaten versions of old silent pictures. From Wordnik.com. [Brain Twister] Reference
They had hurried on because they were anxious to bring the spoils of the chase to Simla ere the skins grew moth-eaten. From Wordnik.com. [Kim] Reference
One fuming, perspiring man, looking too fat to ever get cool, found the prize he had drawn was a moth-eaten fur overcoat. From Wordnik.com. [Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent] Reference
He would climb upon the roof and lower a make-believe wildcat, fashioned out of an old moth-eaten skin Jim had thrown away. From Wordnik.com. [With Trapper Jim in the North Woods] Reference
And for armour he had a rough jerkin, old and moth-eaten, and for arms he had a handful of sharp-pointed sticks of hard wood. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
My money had not been seriously moth-eaten during our previous confinement, so that I did not hesitate to strike a bargain with. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
The dark came in handy for concealment, and handier still was the hood of the old moth-eaten cloak the stableman had tossed her. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
One or two small rooms near the hall were open, but there was nothing to see in them except old furniture, dusty with age and moth-eaten. From Wordnik.com. [Dracula] Reference
Take a moth-eaten stovepipe: If it came from Abe's White House closet it's a priceless artifact; if not, it's just a worthless old topper. From Wordnik.com. [Ansel Adams And the Art World Name Game] Reference
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