From the original ten pairs of socks, I now have twelve very threadbare odd ones. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
I had not meant to spend any more money on the house, but I was worn threadbare from the discomfort of having no room of my own. From Wordnik.com. [Madeleine: An Autobiography] Reference
His office, we learn, is "threadbare"; its wall-to-wall carpet, old. From Wordnik.com. [Yvette Kantrow: Brilliance schmilliance: Portfolio Magazine's "Brilliance" Issue Isn't and The New York Times Stoops to Flatter] Reference
A couple of threadbare rugs completed a somewhat depressing "interior.". From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
threadbare rugs. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Gentle, austere figures, dressed always in threadbare black". From Wordnik.com. [A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago] Reference
During office hours, he tools around in threadbare denim shirts and old motorcycle jackets. From Wordnik.com. [Old Clothes] Reference
But I felt a pang of guilt as I recalled the threadbare state of Kedge-Lockaby's modest little hospital. From Wordnik.com. [Sagittarius Whorl]
Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party MP L.K. Advani said the issue should be discussed "threadbare" in the house. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Prince Albert coat, threadbare and shiny, but neatly brushed. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Zeb sits on the huge threadbare woven rug. From Wordnik.com. [Key West with Poo and Company] Reference
The scientific literature is downright threadbare in this important area. From Wordnik.com. [Gina Solomon: Health Effects of the Gulf Oil Spill: JAMA Commentary] Reference
Wear threadbare clothes, if you must, but never carry an inaccurate watch. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
He points out how the cloth on a tent in front of him is getting threadbare. From Wordnik.com. [Amid Slow Recovery, Haiti's Tent Cities Remain] Reference
The light changes; bent men in threadbare pants climb back onto the sidewalks. From Wordnik.com. [Better] Reference
I am given an open-back threadbare gown to change into, and hand Arun my clothes. From Wordnik.com. [Red Smells Like...] Reference
I assumed the responsibility -- and gave him the threadbare recipe "No cure no pay". From Wordnik.com. [Black Beaver The Trapper] Reference
It soon wears threadbare and betrays its quality, but the genuine imported article of. From Wordnik.com. [Sanctification] Reference
A threadbare and melancholy-looking man flung pieces of bread to a horde of sea-gulls. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
The threadbare soldiers under Gol's command are getting into the spirit of things, too. From Wordnik.com. [Facing A Long, Cold War] Reference
My classmates wore clothes that were threadbare even by the standards of rural China back then. From Wordnik.com. [Sanctions Against North Korea Are Wrong] Reference
I come up gasping for breath, clutching my numbness around me like a threadbare baby's blanket. From Wordnik.com. [Numb] Reference
He glanced significantly round the shabby room with its threadbare carpet and distempered walls. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Underwear I have pulled from the dryer a million times - old, threadbare, stained with hard water. From Wordnik.com. [What We Can't Do] Reference
In a fiesta mood, threadbare looters grabbed for expensive consumer goods that had suddenly become "free.". From Wordnik.com. [The Siege Of L.A.] Reference
The name of the club was The Ending, a threadbare spot in the lower part of the city. From Wordnik.com. [The Club] Reference
Near me there was a man looking on with hollow cheeks and eager eyes, whose thin black coat was threadbare. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The clothes -- or duds -- were threadbare affairs trimmed with scraps from the International Herald Tribune. From Wordnik.com. [Galliano's Gutter Chic] Reference
He dropped his dusty and threadbare knapsack at the tea-house and with her in hand started the climb at 7000 feet. From Wordnik.com. [Their Next] Reference
But he stood there, in his threadbare socks and drawstring pants, staring at the life she had accumulated for them. From Wordnik.com. [Boysenberry Jam] Reference
Back then, Beijing had scant international leverage aside from its nuclear arsenal and its huge but threadbare Army. From Wordnik.com. [SOFT POWER, HARD CHOICES] Reference
Already, the threadbare convention center is losing business to other auto shows in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. From Wordnik.com. [‘Sex, Lies and Texting’] Reference
And then there is the fact that the threadbare remnants of old-money fortunes are, frankly, no longer very impressive. From Wordnik.com. [Preppy Pitfall: All That Madras, Not Enough Effort.] Reference
New Penney CEO Allen Questrom promises to turn around the threadbare stores with fresher fashions within three to five years. From Wordnik.com. [Cheap Thrills For Shoppers] Reference
The media's all-purpose rationalization -- "" Hey, they don't hate us enough to stop reading and watching '' -- is threadbare. From Wordnik.com. [The Media's Meaty Meal] Reference
Millions of people face hunger and perhaps starvation in a country that has only the most threadbare and ruined health facilities. From Wordnik.com. ['Please Don't Forget Us'] Reference
Madame Chebe's cashmere was a little more threadbare, the little lilac frock had undergone a few additional repairs, and that was all. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She and her family fled that fighting and, like so many others in this threadbare camp, came to South Africa in search of a better life. From Wordnik.com. [Collapsed Hopes] Reference
I lay down my threadbare turquoise Marriot towel and I go to the breaker box and flick the switches plunging the room into total darkness. From Wordnik.com. [My Life In Pools] Reference
Opera House and Hammerstein's, and Sunday sacred concerts, that they have been worn threadbare and become as commonplace as 'Mr. Dooley' or. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
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