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单词 ratty
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His ratty home under the pig trough was too chilly, so he fixed himself a cozy nest in the barn behind the grain bins. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z
She ran around the side of her house and came back rolling a ratty pink bike. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
She pulled up her ratty sleeve to reveal a circular wound near her shoulder, scabbed over but looking poorly cared for. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Moran knew he looked too much of a tit to get ratty. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
Suddenly all I can see is their gray-tinged clothes that smell like Frank’s cigarette smoke and their ratty hair that never got combed in the morning. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
A ratty pair of ginger cat-shaped house slippers curled up underneath a fraying sweatshirt. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
The door was opened by a small ratty-looking man with a thin ratty moustache who was wearing a sports-coat that had an orange and red stripe in the material. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
Three young boys in ratty shirts walked by. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
“Oh, hell’s yes,” Miss Ohio said, lowering the neckline on her ratty dress. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
He leapt up on the ratty sofa in Big Tony’s basement TV room as if it was the raging river. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
Delia pulled her ratty tennis shoes off her feet and beat them against each other, trying to loosen the clumps of dirt from their soles. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
They wore gold rings in their leather ears and in the wind their sparse and ratty hair twisted about on their skulls. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z
He had on a long, dirty coat, its fur-lined sleeves ratty and stained, that looked as though he hadn’t taken it off for months. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
Stuffing leaked from a fresh rip in the couch, a multitude of empty beer cans poked from underneath its ratty fringe and there looked to be a hash pipe resting precariously on one arm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
But there was a woman perched on the roof, as ratty and filthy as any of the other infected Mark had seen recendy. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
From its head to its long ratty tail it was nearly two feet long. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z
For one thing, he’s wearing a ratty red knit cap, loose black sweater, jeans, sneakers, and these fingerless black gloves. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
To anyone else, it was a ratty old scrap of leather, barely recognizable as a baseball glove, fit for the garbage can. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
My mattress back in our tiny studio had been salvaged for free off the sidewalk, a ratty old spring pad that squeaked like hell every time I moved on it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
He put on the ratty, too-big uniform and slipped his feet into the cotton shoes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
I soon had my ratty sneaker off and was banging it against a trunk, big fat ants raining down. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
Overstuffed suitcases tied with ropes or hastily taped together had given way, and people’s underwear, baby diapers, and ratty shoes pushed through the stressed seams where everyone could see them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
A twin-size bed with ratty gray sheets is pressed against the wall. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
Compared to the ratty old basketball I’ve always had, this one looked like a ruby or an emerald or something. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
Sitting on that ratty couch on the porch doing a crossword puzzle. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
Mr Wormwood was a small ratty-looking man whose front teeth stuck out underneath a thin ratty moustache. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
Two dozen flat whiskey bottles are hidden behind some ratty old blankets Miss Celia must’ve toted with her from Tunica County. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
Even though their hair will be back to being all ratty in the morning. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
I remembered his ratty clothing, his calling the bonobo a friend. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
Charlie’s long gray hair was rattier than usual, and he had forgotten to put in his teeth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
But he had ruined it with a ratty belt tied into a bow rather than a proper knot. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
Small and wiry, with long, ratty yellow hair and a face like a weasel. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
Now she was being made to look different from the ratty, thin-faced girl with the permanent sneer and the swift frown, his closest friend. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
In the second room was either Dana’s mother or Dana himself, wearing red spandex pants and a ratty wig. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the only purse I own is a ratty canvas thing I bought three years ago from Old Navy. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
He makes a grunt that means “go ahead,” and I flop down in the ratty old chair by the ratty old couch and stare at the screen. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
I can see her, young and small and scared, coming into Saint Grace’s for the first time, clutching that ratty panda bear. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
His clothes weren’t as ratty as the other competitors’; the mere fact that she’d actually heard his name implied he must have been a good thief in Perranth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
She’d changed into a ratty Museum of Modern Art T-shirt and her regular marker-colored jeans, her blue plastic hairbrush sticking out of her pocket. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
His pictures did the family well—Cousin Joshua looked like a ratty Algernon Swinburne. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
He wrapped a ratty blanket over his shoulders like an opera cape. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
She was still ratty at losing the sound on the TV. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
She’s wearing ratty gray sweatpants with poplar springs printed in green down one leg. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
Dad wore his usual ratty black Chuck Taylors, a black Spins & Needles Records T-shirt, and cutoff corduroys. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
I still had that french braid in my hair, so maybe I looked pretty, too, even in my shorts and ratty T-shirt. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
"No wonder it had a nasty ratty taste. If you're not careful, the Health people will be ordering the entire hotel to be closed before everyone gets typhoid fever." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z
The dog looks everywhere except at Levi until Windy picks up the ratty tennis ball. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
The same computers sat on the same tables, surrounded by the same ratty chairs and lampless rooms with bare walls. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
What made it even more depressing, old Spencer had on this very sad, ratty old bathrobe that he was probably born in or something. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
You’d see a classmate who normally dressed in ratty jeans and an untucked shirt crossing campus in a pin-striped suit and understand that he or she was destined for a Manhattan skyscraper. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
The older guys tossed a ratty baseball back and forth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
She grabbed the ratty crate and trotted toward the ramp to the Atrium. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
She reappears in ratty sweatpants and the baggiest sweater I’ve ever seen, plops down in her desk chair, and shoots knives at me from her honey-colored eyes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
“I was there. I remember. It’s old and ratty.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
From his other pocket, he reaches for a ratty wool hat and scarf. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
She wore a maroon T-shirt and ratty jeans decorated with marker drawings. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
At one point people outside rushed the bus, their clothes ratty, hair matted to their heads, strange sores like those Thomas had seen on the woman covering their terrified faces. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
The same ratty book was on his lap, the pages open and smiling up at him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
It was plain that she wanted to be invisible, but no amount of wishing was going to stop us from noticing her, not even in that faded dress and ratty cardigan. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
We walked in—two of us wearing ties, and two of us wearing ratty T-shirts—and the Eagle banged an honest-to-God gavel against the podium in front of him. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
He saw no reason why Nettle should think it necessary to put his face, his worried ratty face, so close to his own. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
I thought about how different she was from Zoe—Zoe all formal and aloof like a princess, Thalia with her ratty clothes and her rebel attitude. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
I scattered a handful of sunflower seeds thirty paces down the drive to draw the birds and then I sat down on the steps on a ratty old cushion I’d scavenged from the trunk room. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
Dimple said a little prayer that she’d win a thousand-dollar lottery, turned off her monitor, adjusted her ratty gray salwar kameez, and made her way downstairs. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
A little girl, her left leg amputated below the knee, sat on a ratty mattress and watched, smiling and clapping along with the other children. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Most just swerved and looked irritated, as if they had to deal with a lot of ratty teenagers carrying old hippie women across the freeway here in Berkeley. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
He is shivering, a ratty tank top hanging from his frame. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
He was tugging at this ratty blue bathrobe, trying to cover his gut, but I was so revved up I just started rambling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
Hrothulf speaks: In ratty furs the peasants hoe their fields, fat with stupidity, if not with flesh. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z
We were about to beat it too, when this dude with ratty dreads came off the court and asked us did we wanna run. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
When Angie finally comes out of her room, she’s wearing a ratty gray robe and her hair is matted and greasy. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
He put his hand in the pockets on her apron and come out with some coins and a ratty old folded-up piece of paper. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
It’s gotten a little ratty over the course of the year. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
She pulled her long hair over her face so that she was shielded by ratty lengths. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
The hook on the jig snagged firmly in the mesh of Jasper Jr.’s ratty old basketball jersey, and he let out a howl. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
He’s wearing old shorts and a ratty T-shirt and flip-flops. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
Then I recognize the charms: three pieces of ruby red sea glass, two four-leaf clovers in plastic, and a handful of sand-dollar birds, all strung together with black ratty leather. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
There was no corner liquor store with ratty guys hanging out in front of it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
She’s still in that ratty blue nightgown that looks left over from her Tunica County days, the gingham ruffle torn at the neck. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
No suspicious ratty odors wafted out of the stuffing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
She would go to thrift stores and buy old stuffed animals—faded teddy bears, ratty plush dogs, threadbare rabbits—the cheaper the better. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
His words were indecipherable, and his eyes were full of madness, his hair ratty and matted; sores covered his face, as if he’d been trying to claw through his own skin. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
He said, “Good, ’cause if you’re going to be traveling with us it just wouldn’t look too copacetic for you to be carrying that ratty old bag.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z
In the tangle of balled-up socks and dust and ratty magazines sat the Converse shoe box—the glimmer of red star on the lid, the march of thick blue letters along the side. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
And then there he was, standing at the doorway to my room, wearing a T-shirt that was so worn you could almost see through it, and a ratty pair of jeans with holes in them. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
The Perkins place was one of those ratty old country houses you moved into because you had no decent place to go and moved out of as quickly as you could. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z
During the summer Bernabe had no special early-hour chores to do: he owned cattle, but they grazed on National Forest permits up in the hills; he also harbored a few ratty chickens in the backyard. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even though it was winter, Reggie wore gym shorts and a ratty, brown, hooded sweatshirt. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
I turned then and used my hips and waist to roll three times, until I came ashore near a ratty green towel. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
I mean, I was lying there in ratty sweatpants, amid a vast sea of soggy tissues. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
Everything else—the piles of dirty laundry, the opened Doritos bags, the empty cans of generic soda pop, two ratty old chairs, and a moldering beanbag chair—was dispensable, an afterthought, props. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Iggy isn't paying any attention to her, he's pointing at this ratty chair and he says, "Sit down, it makes me nervous looking up." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z
She was wearing a ratty beige sweatshirt streaked with mud. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
April was still wearing her hair in a messy upsweep and her mother’s ratty old fur stole, even though her grandmother had given her a great new jacket. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
Otherwise their clothes, especially their tights, platform shoes, and ratty hairstyles were as frenzied as they were filthy. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
I was looking at a Cydops—a misshapen face, ratty brown hair, one big brown eye frill of concern. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
Diego busied himself with spreading out a ratty blanket that had been wadded up in the bag with the telescope. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
He was wearing a ratty black trench coat over his Westover Hall uniform, which was torn and stained. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
A disquietingly similar moment opens “Silent,” Pat Kinevane’s passionate one-man show at the Irish Arts Center, when a ratty blanket stirs in the center of the stage. Theater Review: ‘Silent,’ by Pat Kinevane, at Irish Arts Center 2012-09-10T02:07:31Z
It is also a pleasure to laugh at Mr. Ives’s dialogue and then be compelled by the couple’s fervid power struggles upon a ratty chaise longue. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Venus in Fur’ at the George Street Playhouse, in New Brunswick 2013-05-11T00:21:28Z
But there was one ratty, middle-grade book I kept coming back to: “Tall and Proud,” by Vian Smith, a British novel about a sick girl and a horse. Did the Pandemic Change Summer Reading for Good? I Hope So. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z
As a child he often tiptoed into his mother’s closet to collect the ratty T-shirts she wore to clean the house. Brandon Blackwood Blows Up 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z
Even the exhibition design of “Wong Ping: Silent Neighbor” seems to partly channel Kelley, who had a thing for ratty fabric, knitted afghans and plush toys. Wong Ping’s Candy-Colored, Taboo-Smashing World 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z
Some guests posed by draping themselves onto the piles of coats and jeans and ratty sweaters. A Fashion Line Inspired by the New York City Sanitation Department 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z
He adds: “If anybody judges you for wearing ratty clothes, one of the privileges and benefits of running is leaving people behind.” A Memoir That Might Inspire You to Break a Sweat 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z
More recent offerings like the achy-breaky and the lambada held no appeal for me: one brought to mind the phrase “ratty mullet”; the other, “pelvic wallop.” Zoom In, Zumba Away 2012-01-11T23:45:24Z
He answers his own phone, does his own booking for his television show, and conducts all his business in a ratty little office on West Forty-second Street, just off Times Square. Takes: Joe Franklin 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z
And his “ratty drawing”? “I deliver all the line I can deliver,” Mr. Panter said. When a Comic Book Hillbilly and Milton Collide 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z
Five bad boys in the making, some still sporting adolescent pimples, they slouched in ratty sweaters, rumpled jackets and ill-fitting trousers, looking like students stumbling through a three-day bender after getting expelled. How the Rolling Stones Became Fashion Icons 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z
I was a ratty little punk, and I was just resistant or something. A Choreographer Who Bridges the Worlds of Dance and Nursing 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z
When the agent got there, and saw for himself the ratty house on the unpaved street, he concluded that the intelligence was off. A Mossad Show Heavy on Spycraft Recounts Eichmann’s Capture 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z
We may want to see the occasional Architectural Digest-style spread of a prima donna’s lair, but we don’t really want to imagine our favorite Brünnhilde as having a leaky toilet or a ratty armchair. Best Classical Music of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z
“I’m under no illusion that wearing a pair of four-year-old, ratty bike gloves to the grocery store is going to make me healthier,” says the 50-year-old from Oakland, Calif. Deep cleans and disinfecting mists might not keep us from getting the virus, but they sure make us feel better 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z
We found the original costumes, literally the original mustache, and wig, this ratty old caterpillar of a mustache. Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn Reunite In 'Dodgeball' Video 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z
When sponges get ratty or torn, toss them out. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: 5 easy steps to protect your home while you’re away 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z
His signature outfit was a black tuxedo with tails, a string tie and a ratty pair of high-tops. Irwin Corey, comic who styled himself the World’s Foremost Authority, dies at 102 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z
Upon discovering that the charming Montmartre hotel they recall from an earlier visit is more ratty than quaint, she upgrades them to a suite at a far grander establishment. Movie Review: Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan in ‘Le Week-End’ 2014-03-13T14:29:45Z
Van rides across Europe, selling the van in Turkey, teaching English in Iran, touring eastern Africa ... wound up living in a ratty house in the Seychelles Islands, which was supposed to be cool. Martine Rothblatt: She founded SiriusXM, a religion and a biotech. For starters. 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z
Panicked, the newly established outlaw couple take it on the lam, holing up in a ratty motel until their money runs out and they are reduced to sleeping in their car. Roads to Nowhere and Anywhere, With Kelly Reichardt and Wim Wenders 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z
"It’s not that we want it to be ratty and dirty. But you want it to be free and open and not corporate," documentary filmmaker Nicholson said. New York's Coney Island takes another wild ride into new era 2014-05-12T04:00:00Z
On the sliver that remains, Alice, a flinty woman in her 70s, scrapes by selling dusty novelty fireworks from a roadside table draped in ratty flag bunting. Review: In ‘Lewiston/Clarkston,’ America at a Crossroads (Plus Dinner) 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z
Mr. Thomas and Ms. Fallis brought fresh energy to the studios, at Broadway and 89th Street, where dance history was virtually embedded in their comfortably worn floors and walls and ratty dressing rooms. Richard S. Thomas, City Ballet Soloist and Teacher, Dies at 87 2013-08-03T23:34:57Z
I jumped around with friends until 8 a.m. on a dance floor filled with bodies just like mine — hundreds of young men dressed in the same ratty clothes as me. My skinny arm complex 2012-12-16T01:00:00Z
Upstairs, the movers found ratty mattresses on the floor and empty liquor bottles displayed like trophies. No place like home: America’s eviction epidemic 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z
She used to wear a ratty imitation fur coat and talk to herself. George Saunders's Humor 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z
Be vigilant about weeding out scary-looking old sponges and ratty towels. Five practical solutions for taming the mess around your kitchen sink 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z
Over his 16-year run as anchor of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart wore the same clothes to the office every day: a uniform of ratty T-shirts, baseball caps, khaki pants and work boots. Moments of Zen (and rage) behind ‘The Daily Show’ 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z
Next up was a musician, a young guy with ratty blond hair. Can ‘Illuminati Tinder’ Save Us All? 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z
Come to think of it, not your ratty place. Frugal Traveler: In M?laga, a Taste of Picasso (and Iberian Cuisine) 2011-02-02T00:18:15Z
By the end, he’s shed his expensive suit for his underwear and a ratty blanket, shivering in ways that equally suggest delirium tremens and mortal terror. Review: Sam Shepard’s ‘Simpatico,’ Cut Loose and Roaming Wild 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z
The flannel shirts and leather jackets, ratty sweaters and torn jeans, long hair and layers of clothing, were purposely unglitzy, defiantly un-Eighties. Gen X vs. Bill Clinton: Cobain and Clinton, “Seinfeld” and “Simpsons,” and the ’90s fight for America’s soul 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z
Q: Why do you still have that ratty bra? Style Invitational: Poems of the year(s)—‘time-travel’ with Merriam-Webster 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z
To demonstrate you are  worthy of their attention, try dressing unconventionally, maybe by wearing a ratty old cardigan over an elegantly tailored dress with mismatched socks on your hands. The Europe Issue: How to Shop in Paris 2011-04-15T18:55:00Z
The result is a sometimes punishingly theatrical experiment that teeters on the verge of surreality, transfixing us with the promise of something terrible lurking just beyond those ratty curtains. ‘The Wolf Hour’ Review: Panic in the City 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z
Clean lines and neutral colors, while not the stuff of Instagram likes, will probably outlast current obsessions such as patterned cement tiles and benches upholstered with ratty sheepskins. Seven tips for creating a classic look at home 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z
I carry them because, if they go in the checked bag, they will jostle around and end up looking tangled and ratty. A ‘Girl Singer’ and Her Extra Hair Hit the Road 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z
They spend a day clinging to Abbi’s ratty couch, a piece of worn-out furniture whose sentimental value quickly becomes a symbol for the New York chapter of their friendship. "Broad City": Breaking out, not breaking up 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z
Mr. Porter fills it with painterly details that seem minor but by the end aren’t — a mangy fox that Jonah feeds in the back yard; Sophie’s father’s ratty old coat. ‘Blink,’ by Phil Porter at 59E59 Theaters 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z
Would I have rescued, or even noticed, the ratty little dog that someone brought to a packed Buzzcocks show and promptly forgot? The Beatles Awaken a New Sensation 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z
The cuddly teddy bear, sometimes ratty with affection, turned out to be an icon of the first order, appearing like a totemic ghost in thousands of images. Object Lessons: The New Museum Explores Why We Keep Things 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z
Rich Pasco unfolds himself from his Prius, steps out of his ratty cargo shorts and walks bare-assed into the Garden of Eden church, a squat asylum-white building next to a cypress grove. Purists v partiers: the battle between two popular nudist resorts 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z
Artists in ratty vintage T-shirts, five-panel hats and overalls hunched over paint and pastels. A Chinatown Loft Party in the Spirit of Warhol’s Factory 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z
Armed with a ratty copy of "Vegetarian Epicure" and scanned pages from "Living Vegetarian for Dummies," I asked my mom to take me to the local health food store to stock up. Think tofu is tasteless? You probably haven't tried the small-batch stuff 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z
As soon as we started talking, my ratty shirt and snowboots, my buzz and other defences, didn’t matter, though. 'This is small talk purgatory': what Tinder taught me about love 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z
Its ratty mid-80s Los Angeles of motels and skate punks feels specific and lived in. Review: In Netflix’s ‘GLOW,’ Empowerment Comes Through Power Slams 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z
Mr. McCarthy, clad in a ratty Stanford T-shirt and leaning against a boxing bag to catch his breath, wondered aloud: “At once? Or two sets of 15?” Representative Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma Whips Fellow House Members Into Shape 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z
B&B Rare Books recently got $6,000 for a somewhat ratty, later paperback version of Catcher. 2009-12-03T23:00:00Z
It is appealingly ratty, but not without a sense of order. The Inevitability of Supreme 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z
The film cuts to a shot of a ratty overhead speaker, slowly and lusciously zooming in on the source of the sound. ‘La La Land’ Is Stuck in Its Own Time 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z
Terry Rossio, a writer whose credits include “Shrek” and the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, playfully describes her as a “Pied Piper, leading all those ratty, bleak and violent screenplays in town over a cliff.” Lindsay Doran Examines What Makes Films Satisfying 2012-01-15T04:13:03Z
Newhouse Jr., the owner and longtime chairman of Condé Nast, rarely wore anything to the office other than a ratty New Yorker sweatshirt. S.I. Newhouse Jr., Remembered: ‘Eager, Never Jaded’ 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z
It continues mostly unabated until the credit-rolling last image of Vincent slumped in a ratty lawn chair singing along to Dylan's "Shelter From the Storm." Hallelujah, 'St. Vincent' lets Bill Murray run amok 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z
But we loved the ratty charm of the waterfront before the park was built. Brooklyn Bridge, Star of the City: Here’s a Tour 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z
I considered a flannel shirt but it was too hot so I opted for a rattier T-shirt than the one I had on. The real Grizzly Man: No one knows brown bears like Vietnam vet, monkey-wrencher, wild man Doug Peacock 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z
A man in a ratty trench coat and a bowler hat slowly extracts a smooth pebble from his mouth, and then another and another and another. Review: Arcane Collective Turns a Beckett Trilogy Into Physical Theater 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z
“He dressed it in a ratty old skirt from ‘The Firebird’ and draped it over the barre, with a sign that said: Stravinsky Festival dancer,” Ashley said. To Igor, With Love and Masterpieces, George 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z
And hearing-aid users who find live theatre uncongenial are pleasantly surprised to find that cinemas are not the ratty old fleapits they remember, but rather plush places with crisp and booming Sensurround sound. Oscars 2011: We have the success, but what now for British film? 2011-03-01T08:21:30Z
Unsettled, I sat on the ratty carpet of my studio, getting stoned and lighting a candle. A spy in the house of my first love 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z
One illuminating episode from Season 1 begins by revealing Sheila’s unorthodox morning routine: She paints her perfect teeth yellow and covers her neat, blonde hair with a long, ratty, black wig. What to Remember Before ‘GLOW’ Comes Back for Season 2 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z
They face down the gates of hell in ratty button-downs and jeans, their faces slipping away even when they aren’t shrouded in cellar shadows. ‘I Trapped the Devil’ Review: Anxiety, Panic and Maybe Satan on a Holiday Visit 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z
Lizard’s character is not as thoroughly realized as the rest, perhaps by design, to keep him an enigma, but his ratty plaid boxers convey more than enough. Review: ‘Bruise & Thorn,’ a Gay Fantasia at a Laundromat 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z
Nor has Al-Asheed reckoned with the devastating single-mindedness of former President Keating, whose talents include throwing on “ratty clothes, sunglasses, beard stubble and a baseball cap” in order to elude notice. In Bill Clinton and James Patterson’s Second Novel, an Ex-President Goes Rogue 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z
"We've been attending festivals for years, living off ratty burgers and standing around in the rain eating them," they say. Posh nosh replaces dodgy festival food in 2013 2013-05-10T23:00:07Z
We spent the night on a ratty mattress supported by cinder blocks at another motel a few miles away. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z
Leopold Mozart would have admired the marketing skills of the persistent young men in ratty wigs and fraying red waistcoats who prowl Stephansplatz, Vienna’s central square. Stalking the Memory of Mozart in Vienna 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z
The old license plates, ratty sneakers and yearbook photos are totems of memory, friendship and loss. At the Dumbo Arts Festival, a Dumpster Full of Memories 2011-09-22T21:31:36Z
My dress is hidden beneath a ratty cardigan, my hair is in ringlets, a sprig of baby’s breath behind my ear, and like his, my eyes are closed. How we saved our marriage 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z
From within a variety of environments — including Frances Glessner Lee’s meticulously constructed miniature dioramas of unexplained deaths — Mr. Anthony shines as much light on racist urban planning as on ratty behavior. Review: In ‘Rat Film,’ a City of Rodents and Racial Oppression 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z
A crazy-looking old woman in leathers but no helmet dismounted, her white hair in a ratty ponytail. Short story: Message in a (Klein) Bottle by Russell Hoban 2012-07-19T16:04:37Z
Therefore Pollock worked on “Mural” not at Guggenheim’s East 61st Street townhouse, but in the ratty Eighth Street apartment he shared with Lee Krasner. Jackson Pollock, Before the Drip 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z
Ruth has $83 in her bank account and a ratty apartment. “GLOW” wrestles with the particular pain of friendship divorce 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z
Kirkman first appears in full dad mode: swigging a beer, munching on popcorn, wiping his glasses on a ratty gray Cornell hoodie. ‘Designated Survivor’ Series Premiere: Glasses Off 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z
She was traveling in a car several years ago past the Sutter-Stockton Garage, a downtown parking structure, and was frustrated to see a ratty mattress propped up against a fire hydrant. San Francisco Mourns Its Homegrown Senator and the End of the Feinstein Era 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z
In part, that’s due to the fiction’s high level of verisimilitude — from L.A.’s dives and ratty apartments to the predictable patterns of addiction. This L.A. pharmacist's debut novel is loaded with sex and drugs. Don't tell her boss 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z
It still seems to lack rats, violating the American affinity for ratty old arenas. Coach Wooden’s gym might be old, but inside UCLA still sparkles 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z
You live in Seattle, a city that always ranks among the rattiest in the country. Rats in Seattle: They’re creepy, clever and everywhere, but there is help 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z
We were sitting in a circle on a pair of ratty couches. Appreciation: Russell Banks was a giant rooting for the underdogs 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z
Orkin, one of the biggest pest control management companies in the country, ranked D.C. fourth in its annual ranking of the top 50 “rattiest cities,” placing it behind Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. D.C.’s great rat migration — and how they survived during the pandemic
Ahead of the city that never sleeps in the ratty ratings is Boston and Philadelphia. 'Rats will hate this job posting' - New York City seeks rat tsar 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z
He wore ratty black Nehru jackets and always sported an unkempt pudding-bowl haircut. Wilko Johnson, British guitarist of Dr. Feelgood, dies at 75 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z
The photographer showed up in a faded T-shirt, ratty shorts and rubber flip-flops, looking as if she had just rolled out of bed. Advice | Miss Manners: The proper etiquette for disposing bathroom trash 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z
“We’ve finally managed to get rid of the mountains of ratty, broken-down surplus text books, unloaded on us by well-wishers, so there’s plenty of space for the good stuff,” he wrote. Libraries feel attacked — but not like the ‘freedom libraries’ of 1964 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z
I was dozing on a ratty couch in the same building, surrounded by litter that would have appalled my mother. Perspective | High school extracurriculars are nice. College extracurriculars are huge. 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z
The fuzz that accumulates on couches, chairs and other furniture can make them look ratty. Tech you didn’t know you needed — 10 handy gadgets worth buying 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z
The duchess joked she had been known to become "quite ratty" if disturbed while listening to the drama, recorded at the BBC's Birmingham studios in The Mailbox. Archers addict Camilla hosts 70th anniversary reception 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z
Conversely, a ratty garage door can sour their view of the home, thereby reducing the amount they’d be willing to pay, even if the interior is fabulous. Five renovations that will add the most value to your home 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z
The squat, one-story structure leased by Inner Ear Recording Studios — walls plastered in tour posters and surrealist paintings, floor carpeted in a ratty beige — had shaped generations of homegrown D.C. punk talent: Minor Threat. Once the ‘Abbey Road’ of D.C.’s punk scene, it’s being bulldozed for a government-sanctioned arts district 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z
For the first half of my life, I was sustained by my small public library, finding solace in old, ratty copies of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events and Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. How Wattpad changed the way we think about writing 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z
I have this really old ratty sleeping bag and inside of the boat, there’s this big box. How an Environmental Watchdog of the Hudson River Spends Sundays 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z
She said her landlord took two years to fix their leaky roof and is ignoring her requests to replace ratty carpeting. The nation's hottest housing market? Surprise — it's Fresno 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z
They hit a thrift store, plunking down $25 for a ratty sofa — perfect to absorb spilled PBR — and even plucked a keyboard out of a dumpster. Party in a pandemic: NASCAR fans power through at Daytona 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z
They hit a thrift store, plunking down $25 for a ratty sofa - perfect to absorb spilled PBR - and even plucked a keyboard out of a dumpster. Party in a pandemic: NASCAR fans power through at Daytona 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z
Then we all got ratty with each other, and started sunbathe-policing and hating people with gardens. Can we call a truce in the culture wars? We've never needed each other more | Zoe Williams 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z
They set up shop in ratty offices above a burger stand in Dupont Circle. The ‘Profoundly Radical’ Message of Earth Day’s First Organizer 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z
It’s dusk, and chilly as Mendoza, 53, settled in for a second consecutive night on the lagoon with only a ratty blanket and a waterproof onesie for warmth. ‘We’ve been abandoned’: a decade later, Deepwater Horizon still haunts Mexico 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z
His ratty bags have corners reinforced with duct tape from years of use; he instead left with his groceries in plastic bags. Pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reduction 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z
Replace those ratty cotton workout t-shirts with a lightweight jersey top that retains shape and wicks away moisture. Best Golf Training Apparel - Golf Digest 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z
Her work manages to express a certain wistfulness, with a rueful woolly smile occasionally emerging from the ratty swirls of colored fabric cords and sheep fleece she uses to construct her animalistic, slightly unsettling pieces. The Artists Keeping Up the Tradition of Mask-Making 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z
In lieu of tailored suits, he took to wearing ratty clothes. Opinion | Why Did I Let a Convicted War Criminal Practice Energy Healing on Me? 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z
While he talked, he took his somewhat ratty sweater from his fake closet and slowly put it on. Opinion | I used to hate Mister Rogers. Then I discovered how much I needed him. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z
But be warned: This does not give you permission to wear your ratty sweats outside the house, or worse yet, to the golf course. Ralph Lauren's newest activewear collection includes selections in athleisure for men - Golf Digest 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z
Karen’s hair is almost unmussed, but blood streams from her eyes and nose and mouth, soaking into a ratty rug and a dingy parquet-floored hallway near the dog’s bowl. A terrible crime, a patient waiting for a transplant: The tragic, redemptive journey of one heart. 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z
The ratty mascots, ranging from human-size to two or three times that height, and afflicted with varying degrees of scabrousness, have become synonymous across the country with public displays of union outrage. Opinion | Justice for Scabby the Rat 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z
She had arrived for lunch, at a sleepy Brooklyn restaurant, in sleek sunglasses, ratty jeans, and a pink T-shirt reading “Bonjour y’all”. Wild oversharing comic Phoebe Robinson: 'I do dumb things. That's who I am!' 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z
Last year, the pest-control company Orkin released its annual list of the “rattiest” cities in the United States, based on how many new rodent treatments the company performed. Donald Trump, Elijah Cummings, and the Definition of a Rodent 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z
Put those ratty khaki shorts in the donation bin and retire any golf shirt with a hole in it. The best golf deals of the Bonobos Biggest Fit Sale - Golf Digest 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z
He was not always with the pack, and his fur looked ratty. Perspective | My time with ‘male 911’: This Yellowstone wolf was safe from people, but not from nature 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z
Hellboy is basically a monster who hunts monsters, rejecting his DNA by cutting off his horns and stalking around in a ratty raincoat with no shirt. Review: If you’re not a superfan, ‘Hellboy’ is hell, boy 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z
“I arrived at this boutique hotel and I’ve got this raincoat that is absolutely the rattiest thing you could ever see,” said Preminger. Gypsy Rose Lee’s son recalls moment he discovered Hollywood filmmaker Otto Preminger was his real father 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z
There's the feet, which are up, and the ratty socks, which are on. Justin Thomas' March Madness streaming HQ will make you green with envy - Golf Digest 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z
“People will drive miles out of their way to look at Monroe County’s heritage, which consists largely of ratty quilts and Mr Pone McNeil’s walking stick made out of a cypress tree,” she wrote. Harper Lee letter condemns home town for making her into a 'tourist attraction' 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z
In another room, there were a couple of ratty recliners in place of beds. ‘A crazy amount of money’: Seattle police raid prostitution network in massage parlors 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z
Shortly into the musical, another senior — an angry cipher with ratty hair and a black wardrobe named Connor — kills himself. A critic and a high schooler co-review ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z
“He drove around in a ratty car. But he never hesitated to buy everyone’s drinks, or to treat when we went out to dinner or on trips.” The Personal Toll of Whistle-Blowing 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z
However, “the ratty, holey, horribly faded distressed denim — don’t wear it!” Foreigners shape up Americans 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z
“These are just ratty methods of fighting against art.” Russian rappers, other artists targeted in crackdown 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z
Her five children, including the eldest, Elizabeth Dayana, 9, slept alongside her on a ratty slab of foam. For Central Americans, children open a path to the U.S. — and bring a discount 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z
But what Schnatter did is considerably nastier than Musk’s ratty, rambling behavior. Perspective | Elon Musk leads 2018’s business turkeys, but he has some stuffed competition 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z
He wore the ratty tweed jacket he thought was required of poets, even in weather too warm for jackets. The Imagined Story Behind Leonard Cohen’s ‘Suzanne’ 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z
The sight of ball boys or girls scurrying around to deliver sweaty towels on command to ratty players is not an edifying one and has become a bone of contention in the sport. Players' towel habits can be ridiculous: Zverev 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z
In other words, not that the emperor has no clothes, but that his threads are ratty. Grievance Studies exposes college corruption with hoax papers 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z
Orkin, the exterminator, reports that Washington is the fifth “rattiest” metropolitan area in the United States. Opinion | I smell a rat 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z
There were also significantly more fish on rat-free reefs than on those around "ratty islands". Killing rats could save coral reefs 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z
When you leave the house, you may grab whatever ratty sweatshirt is at hand. Opinion | If Melania Trump really doesn’t care, then who does? 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z
There is perhaps no greater outfit challenge for someone who freelances from her ratty sofa in New York than walking into a meeting at a large corporation where she is the focus—and yet? How One Bargain Blazer Can Change A Woman’s Career 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z
One of the performers, Zhang Quansi, played a bench, and not just any bench; he insisted on traveling with a ratty old wooden one from his living room. In praise of musical tourism: Huayin Shadow Puppet Band and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z
Bean is no longer interested in replacing the ratty sweatshirts or worn-down boots you bought from the company decades ago. L.L. Bean, Citing Abuse, Tightens Its Generous Policy on Returns 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z
Most of us, however, disdain a ratty, stained look. Sneaker Cleaning Secrets from the Pros 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z
I thought this was really nice of him but I started to notice he was really ratty if I missed a call because I was in the bathroom or in a shop. 'I survived gaslighting': Three readers' stories 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z
They pack up the ratty mattresses they sleep on in the forest during the harvest and their blankets, rolling them onto nearly a ton of harvested cones. Gravity-Defying Villagers Risk Their Lives for Christmas Trees 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z
They were anachronistic, and also a bit ratty, pulled as they were from Goodwill and Value Village. Perspective | Clothes encounters: I bought a new outfit for my first day at a real job 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z
He’s somewhat ill-equipped to do so - his ratty suits are ill-fitting, his glasses are unfashionable and he listens to an iPod with those old orange-foam headphones. Review: Increasingly predictable ‘Roman’ wastes Washington 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z
His kids and wife beg him to change out of his “ratty sweatshirts” and “stocking cap over a ball cap” when he goes into town. ‘Cowboy butler’ recalls 16 years on the Circle EW Ranch 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z
Think opossum, or squirrel, but more ratty, and very, very, rare. Legendary giant rat of Solomon Islands finally sighted 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z
No longer is a ratty QB on a great team given gratuitous credit if advanced numbers show he’s merely leeching off the success. Perspective | Final test for Kirk Cousins: Can he win when the going gets tough? 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z
Or it may just represent a kind of ratty insurance policy to keep dangerous snakes from catching them in a momentary lapse of attention. Watch a Rat Escape a Snake Attack—In 100 Milliseconds 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z
I resuscitated a ratty pink sweater to wear to Planned Parenthood rallies. Are you too east coast for the midwest, or too midwest for the east coast? 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z
Inside, along the wall of a long narrow room, old men sat on ratty couches across from several Iraqi Army officers. The Recent History of Bombing the Shit Out of ’Em 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z
“Only back then we didn’t know it was called dissonance,” Waronker added as she, Maxwell and Haden sat on a ratty couch in a North Hollywood rehearsal studio. Never say never? 20 years later, L.A.'s That Dog revisits 'Retreat from the Sun' 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z
I'd be depressed and I'd be ratty, happy just to keep myself in isolation and then later on that day I was getting chest pains. Doping in amateur sport: Drug use 'fast becoming a crisis' - Nicole Sapstead 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z
Until an intervention by Ms. Bent’s childhood friend Billy Cotton, an interior designer, everything that wasn’t from Ikea — the ratty old sofa affectionately nicknamed “Old Cran,” for instance — was a castoff from a family member. In a House of Whimsy, Room for Mischief 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z
He always took me in, swiveling his ratty leather reclining chair to face me and greet me with a smile. Perspective | My grandfather helped create Captain America for times like these 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z
They hooked up in the dark, on a ratty red couch, in a room that smelled like the kiln and tempera paint. “The Prairie Wife” 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z
One of his photographs depicts an urban cowboy standing outside a ratty bodega. Capturing Oddball New York, While It’s Still Around 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z
I returned to the patio, where Lieutenant Thamer was sitting on a ratty couch, smoking. The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z
But two years earlier, the Central Park Conservancy had formed to save the park from the ratty state in which the city’s fiscal crisis had left it. So Many Protests, So Little Space 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z
But the unnecessarily complicated movie around him can’t hold up the performance, and the novelty of seeing him in ratty underwear and sad comb-over wears thin. ‘Gold’ review: Even Matthew McConaughey loses his luster in this dull film 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z
It was no mystery as to why the urban pests were suddenly everywhere: They were fleeing their homes, a ratty assortment of federal office buildings that ringed the Mall and were known as “tempos.” Answer Man remembers the ‘temporary’ office buildings that once blighted D.C. 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z
You can dress it up in a fake beard and a ratty red suit, but it still ain’t the original. Thanks for nothing: ‘Bad Santa 2’ is an unfunny evocation of the original 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z
She had pink hair and a nose ring and looked like a ratty Uma Thurman. The Drug of Choice for the Age of Kale 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z
Chicago is apparently the “rattiest” city in the US. From 'guard cats' to monkeys who shop: our favourite urban animal stories 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z
The novelty of seeing him in ratty underwear and a sad comb-over wears thin. ‘Gold’ review: Even Matthew McConaughey loses his luster in this dull film 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z
He is, however, fairly poor, and self-conscious about it too, a concern that takes physical form in his tennis shoes, which are old and ratty, unlike the slick basketball Nikes his friends wear. Tribeca: Can movies like 'Kicks' usher in the next wave of Spike Lees? 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z
Much of it was covered with olive-colored algae, which looked like ratty shag carpet. A Radical Attempt to Save the Reefs and Forests 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z
Her teeth were infected and her coat was a ratty mess, Sturino said, but “she was smiling. She charmed us from day one.” Instagram diva Toast the rescue dog stars in new photo book 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z
If your bag is looking a little ratty, now is a good time to upgrade to something newer. Best Items to Buy in March 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z
If that is true, it’s only going to be rattier and racier next season. English game lacks Champions League quality – but at least it is unpredictable | Jonathan Wilson 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z
At the time, ratty shag carpet covered the living room floor, the master bedroom had turquoise-painted walls, and the view from the living room was criss-crossed with steel mullions. Inside the Big Lebowski house – a masterpiece donated to LACMA 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z
There have been other moments when it has been less sanguine, such as when I’m out walking the dog in old sweatpants and a ratty T-shirt. A Doctor in the Neighborhood 1462-04-06T05:00:00Z
And this month, trials are going ahead to make sure mice, which require a higher dose of the poison to be killed, won’t perversely benefit from their ratty neighbours dying in higher numbers. Trouble in paradise: Lord Howe Island divided over plan to exterminate rats 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z
The similarity is in the tall, slender bent-over look with the ratty sweater,” said Kaufman, who says she was a good acquaintance of Sanders and a friend of Rappaport. Exclusive: College Alumni Raise Doubts About Bernie Sanders Campaign Photo 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z
The dingy wardrobe is hung with Joy’s ratty pink nightshirt and Jack’s worn pajama tops. Recreating a Captive’s Surroundings by Filming ‘Room’ in a Box 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z
The property, which has been sold, is across from what was once the rowdy, ratty Florida Avenue Market, now known for the hipster haunt called Union Market. For D.C.’s desperate, a refuge from homelessness is about to disappear 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z
On a good day, it was cute – I might have been the poor cousin of a member of an R&B girl group – but on a bad day, it was limp and somewhat ratty. 'Shaving my head led to my first orgasm': writers on their lives in hair 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z
As they stuffed their pillows and blankets into a ratty rolling suitcase, they said they had been homeless since their house in Old Bridge, N.J., was foreclosed on a year ago. Life on the Streets 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z
The Pelican League formed a few years back, playing its games on a ratty grass field surrounded by trees and tucked behind a lagoon in City Park. In the new New Orleans, an international soccer hero hides in plain sight 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z
His pictures did the family well – Cousin Joshua looked like a ratty Algernon Swinburne. Harper Lee’s new novel: read the first chapter 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z
Park looked incredulous: “So you don’t have any ratty old condiment-stained sweatshirts? This is stunning to me.” Allison Jones, Nerd Hunter 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z
In an effort to be prepared, she looked all over to find an elegant handkerchief versus using a ratty tissue for their photos. 5 Unusual and Affordable Gift Ideas for Valentine's Day 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z
Rat rods have been around for decades; some say the name stems from hot rodders dismissing the “ratty” looks of other cars. Rat rods: Vintage vehicles made into rusty rides 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z
But don’t think that sanctions carrying a surfboard and sporting a ratty pair of Vans. Sex, feminism, farewells and Kimye: talking points from Paris fashion week 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z
Instead, he donated a ratty recliner and couch from the couple's family room for the set at NBC's Rockefeller Plaza headquarters. Meredith Vieira back in daytime TV 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z
On the other hand, ratty old cars with low gas mileage would cost more to operate, hurting the poor. Is This How to Sell Americans on Fighting Global Warming? 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z
Looking the other way, though, was another story: ratty rooftops on low-slung buildings. Riding the Silver Line: An artist’s perspective on Metro’s new work
“They call ‘em ‘Rat Rods’ because, well, they look ratty,” says Mike Foran. EXCHANGE: Unique components makes novel hot rod 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z
"It's not that we want it to be ratty and dirty. But you want it to be free and open and not corporate," documentary filmmaker Nicholson said. New York's Coney Island takes another wild ride into new era 2014-05-12T13:31:33Z
As I sprinted across campus, still barefoot and wearing the sweatpants and ratty t-shirt I slept in, to my exam, I couldn't help but think about how stupid my all-night cram session now seemed. The Risks of Pulling an All-Nighter 2013-09-23T14:58:00Z
But the only place they could afford was a ratty little apartment on West 108th Street, so Mr. DeVito suggested they look upstate instead. At Home With Dennis Wedlick: In Pursuit of the Perfectly Passive 2013-08-14T22:07:42Z
Similar to when you first visit a friend’s apartment and a form a memory about his ratty couch and cramped bathroom, a mouse explores and takes mental note of a given chamber’s nooks and crannies. Inception: MIT scientists implant a false memory into a mouse’s brain 2013-07-25T19:53:54Z
Garments too ratty to be worn are reincarnated as new material such as insulation and carpet padding. A new consuming philosophy takes hold 2013-06-29T15:00:00Z
With its ratty Oriental carpets and mismatched folding chairs, the space exuded a bohemian chic look that Wales, a savvy purveyor of his own image, seemed to delight in showing off. Jimmy Wales Is Not an Internet Billionaire 2013-06-27T09:00:01Z
Old, ratty laces that don’t even fit people’s shoes. What It Don't Get I Can't Use: The Development Case for Cash 2013-05-28T21:51:16Z
Languid, highly-skilled, hilariously ratty and the only man who would dare wear a "Keep calm and pass me the ball" T-shirt. Premier League 2012-13 review: Our writers' best and worst moments 2013-05-20T15:11:00Z
The first time I came," says McGuinness, "it was just me, the bird and a mattress in a ratty old van. Wet and wild at the North West 200 2013-05-20T10:51:13Z
"I like playing tournaments in a row like that because when you haven't played in a while your game gets a little ratty along the edges," Watson said. Watson hoping to gain momentum in Georgia swing 2013-04-18T18:38:11Z
I’m not in love with that logic; it’s kind of like wearing a ratty T-shirt on a first date so that your good shirt will be clean for the second date. Soccer Outsider: United-Red Bulls match diary, player ratings 2012-08-30T16:55:31Z
It's really ratty, but it's absolutely great to see some of these players up close. Huskies tune up for basketball season in summer-league play 2012-08-13T22:49:03Z
He’d always be out in that workshed they had there, sitting in his old, ratty armchair, a cigarette in one hand, a can of beer in the other, listening to country music. Greg Ousley Is Sorry for Killing His Parents. Is That Enough? 2012-07-19T16:27:19Z
Not long ago, Main Street was a place to avoid, a skateboarder’s paradise with little but concrete sidewalks and ratty parking lots. Square Feet: Verdae, a Community, Takes Shape in Greenville, S.C. 2012-05-23T01:29:18Z
So all you Hollywood guys with your ratty ski caps and ZZ Top pretensions, remember what Spidey said: “With great power comes great responsibility.” Are Hollywood Men Trying to Gross Us Out? 2012-05-15T10:00:29Z
The ratty little man turned to him with evident change of front. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z
"That made me very ratty, sir," said the Bengali. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z
And he stalked out of the forecastle and went down into the waist to enjoy his evening pipe, all the while keeping a weather eye forward, at the ratty old pilot house. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z
Rarely wearing more than shorts and a ratty T-shirt, he set up shop first in a friend’s cluttered office in Honolulu. Off The Shelf: ?King Larry,? the Bizarre Road of a Billionaire - Review 2012-03-03T22:46:45Z
I am free of that ratty pit forever! Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z
In this glare he was revealed as a ratty little individual with open mouth and teeth hanging out—an adenoidal type, and certainly a criminal type. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z
Paladino, now 45, was in a Florida office of the Red Cross years ago when a guy in shorts and a ratty T-shirt strode through the door. Value Added: Coffee executive learned how to raise money before roasting beans 2012-02-19T22:31:00Z
She had the rattiest collection of sick and sorry animals in her youth, and of sick and sorry friends as she grew older. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z
Let me tell you something, Burke," I said, "Lefty is too ratty to trust. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z
I have a delightful 4-year-old female Rat Terrier named Lipton and I am considering another young female ratty to provide company for her. City Room: Answers From a Dog Expert: Part 2 2011-12-30T23:08:40Z
Gumberts would talk with the ratty little man of the projecting teeth and adenoids, would find Gramont had imposed upon the fellow, and there would be upheavals. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z
"Oh, I didn't mean that," said Tommy at once; "I'll do my fair share, but I know I shall get a bit ratty if a silly old storm knocks our nice hut to pieces." The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z
“You crazy,” said one of the guards, whom the Chandlers had nicknamed Mr. Fastidious for the exacting way he always folded up his ratty little bed roll. Taken by Pirates 2011-10-08T04:27:21Z
The most sentimental note of the night was when Andrew Ference took the microphone and presented Recchi with the ratty track jacket the team bestowed last season on the star of each night’s game. Bruins raise banner to rafters to celebrate 2011 Stanley Cup championship 2011-10-07T01:28:08Z
"Whoever controls the media, the messages, controls the culture," read a ratty cardboard sign that Connor Petras held at the corner of a major downtown intersection. To occupy Wall Street, occupy the internet first 2011-10-04T22:00:32Z
"Aha!" says she, clearing the unkempt hair from her ratty face. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z
Until recently, my favorite workout wear consisted of a ratty U.S. High-tech workout gear can improve your performance along with your appearance 2011-08-29T18:19:20Z
“His dad was a small little thing, and most of his babies are ratty looking,” said Crupi, who once was a trainer on the New Jersey circuit and now operates a training farm in Florida. Postcard From Saratoga Springs: Project Runway, Four-Legged Edition 2011-08-10T00:04:56Z
I stood and lifted his ratty old peacoat from the peg. Justin Torres: “Reverting to a Wild State.” 2011-07-25T04:00:00Z
A few weeks before the Olympics, I started getting really ratty in training. Shanaze Reade rides the dream after Beijing Olympic nightmare 2011-07-23T21:55:02Z
You've used me pretty well—to my face, anyhow—and I'll tell yon this much: I don't care the snap of my fingers for your ratty old cup. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z
They also arranged a collection of dirty plush dolls like Snoopy, Hello Kitty and Winnie the Pooh on several ratty sofas. In Tsunami-Torn City, Seaside Playgrounds Become Debris Dumps 2011-07-09T21:23:48Z
"I am not going to start chewing on my first day but I will get ratty," the Wolves assistant says. Wolves replace sweat with science in new take on pre-season training 2011-07-08T16:43:59Z
Had a head on her shoulders and used it, and a way of looking at one, besides, as if she were actually looking through one, now and then, that made one feel positively ratty. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z
Not minding if he's ratty sometimes; being ratty yourself if you want to, and going off on your own, knowing it'll be all right whenever you come back. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z
The latter weren't bad, in fact, very palatable; but they looked ratty. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z
"I just want to be wearing ratty clothes in my apron again," she told magazine. Who Won at the James Beard Awards 2011-05-11T22:17:18Z
Our captors led us to a basement cell with a few ratty mattresses, a bottle to urinate in, a jug of water and a bag of dates. Uncertainty and Cruelty Followed Times Journalists Held in Libya 2011-03-22T23:02:15Z
How about that ratty rabbit you’ve owned since you were three? MIND Reviews: Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things 2011-03-11T14:45:03.930Z
“I think it’s a ratty kind of a story,” said MacLeod, bluntly. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z
At which allusion to his ratty old blue army overcoat Simon's upper lip lifted. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z
Neighbor who wears ratty bathrobe when he goes out to the driveway to pick up his morning paper? Look what the NFL dragged in | Sideline Chatter 2010-09-03T02:48:00Z
Musty, ratty, gloomy rooms of iron, always underground. D.C. developer David von Storch is pumped to take fitness centers to a new level 2010-07-27T04:00:00Z
Maury Feinsilber Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Starved for wildlife as I am, I relish the ratty sightings, fuzzy little signs of life on a dim and dirty subway platform. For Some Subway Riders, an Abiding Appreciation of Rats 2010-06-19T03:19:00Z
Its walls upholstered in ratty red velour, its 16 salesrooms teeming and clamorous, Drouot figures among this nation’s most beloved monuments to the material. Paris Journal: Whispers of Swindles and Scams at Auction House Grow Into Constant Chatter 2010-04-26T23:42:00Z
Towards the end of that game, Lazio began to get ratty, committing enough fouls for Ipswich to be worried about how events would develop in the second leg in Rome. The Joy of Six: Oft-forgotten Fairs and Uefa Cup classics | Scott Murray 2010-04-02T10:37:00Z
And it was an awful "ratty" place that, by the smell of it. Deep Moat Grange
Awfully tedious for him; he used to get so ratty, if you don't mind my saying so, Miss Million. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune
Later still, aboard the Mirage, Ferez stood alone by the after-rail, staring with ratty eyes at the blackness beyond the New Bridge. The Moonlit Way
The king got out an old ratty deck of cards after breakfast, and him and the duke played seven-up awhile, five cents a game. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade
There sat Joseph Calvin, the elder, a ratty little man still, with a thin stringy neck and with a bald head. In the Heart of a Fool
“And the police are fair ratty because they thought you were hiding from the Law.” The Tale of Timber Town
"It'll make him most awful ratty if I do," objected Clarence. In Brief Authority
There was only one other passenger aboard—a tall, lean, immaculately dressed man with a ghastly pallor, a fox face, and ratty eyes, who looked like an American and who had been dreadfully sick. The Dark Star
Matt Breen's place was in a ratty part of the poorer outskirts of town; and his laboratory was housed by what had once been a barn. The Raid on the Termites
A pallid sneer stretched his thin and burning lips; in his ratty eyes triumph gleamed. Barbarians
“The blanky banker went ratty when he saw my gun,” said Sweet William. The Tale of Timber Town
I was a little bit ratty, and I fired a question at a sleepy-looking boy at the bottom of the class. A Dominie in Doubt
Curfoot, one lank knee over the other, swung his foot thoughtfully to and fro, his ratty eyes lost in dreamy revery. The Dark Star
Oh, she was rather ratty, of course; but who cares? A Patriotic Schoolgirl
Again his voice trailed away, but his bright ratty eyes were indomitable. Barbarians
She did no flinch; he said nothing; she looked intently into the two ratty eyes fastened on her over the edge of his bandanna. The Flaming Jewel
He was still wearing the same ratty robe he'd worn in the carnival, his hair was still as uncombed. Charley de Milo
He was polite enough, so far as what he had to say, but it was the mean look in his ratty little eyes that grated. Shorty McCabe
I enjoy it thoroughly," said Elaine; "though, of course, there's plenty to do, and sometimes the Commandant gets ratty over just nothing at all. A Patriotic Schoolgirl
One of these thin, sallow, dyspeptic parties, with deep lines down either side of his mouth, a bristly, jutty little mustache, and ratty little eyes. The House of Torchy
It was a ratty head of straight black hair, and looked greasy. Police!!!
"Are you contemplating a velvet coat and bow tie, and a bunch of the elect at your heels?—ratty men, and pop-eyed young women whose coiffure needs weeding?" The Danger Mark
I took home a ratty old Oriental rug that on closer inspection was a 19th century hand-knotted Persian; an upholstered Turkish footstool; a collection of hand-painted silk Hawaiiana pillows and a carved Meerschaum pipe. Craphound
But, you see, when I was having my fling, which came to such an abrupt end at Monte, the governor got downright ratty with me—kicked up no end of a shine. The Splendid Folly
There was even a new brush and comb and mirror, for she remembered how ratty looking my old things were. The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware
And always I felt as though he were watching me out of the back of his ratty head, through the ravelled straw brim that sagged over his neck. Police!!!
Yes, they did seem to make him a bit ratty. The Altar Steps
Gladys came and rubbed and purred around his legs; the most recent progeny toddled after her, ratty tails erect; sportive, casual little optimists frisking unsteadily on wavering legs among the fading sunbeams on the floor. The Common Law
"You found the Chief a little bit ratty this morning, I expect, Lord Dorminster," the latter remarked. The Great Prince Shan
"That was a ratty and clever piece of acting, to throw the visitors off their guard!" chuckled the Army coach. Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor
Fascinated, I watched it, recognising Grue with his ratty black hair all plastered over his face. Police!!!
They haven't been occupied for some months, so you may find them a bit ratty. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand
"Stale as last month's loaf in a ratty cupboard." The Maid-At-Arms
He dropped his hand, looked to right and left frantically like a rat in a corner, uttered a very ratty squeak. The Gray Dawn
The people are charming, and the house is a mousy, ratty, ramshackle place hundreds of years old. The Roof of France
This giant was not ill-looking, but of a rattier intelligent aspect. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1
All right, you needn't be ratty about it! Fortitude
I wanted an accordion; I dreamed about it till I got ratty, lifted the money, and he put me in jail for a year. The Happy End
I turned round rattily to find myself looking into the barrel of a pistol, while three or four men pounced on me and pinned me against the wall. The Yeoman Adventurer
The king got out an old ratty deck of cards after breakfast, and him and the duke played seven-up a while, five cents a game. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 16 to 20
But, then, Dallam was a ratty soul and was for deserting a sinking ship. We Can't Have Everything
The old man was evidently a bit ratty. Children of the Bush
Dropped eggs can be served with it if you choose, but they are rattier heavy for such a delicate soup. Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
"I think I'm going to puke," Kurt moaned, looking even rattier than before and visibly greener as the pronouncement set in. Any Coincidence Is
As for the trucks, they were a lot of ratty antiques and only fit to haul Cardigan's logs. The Valley of the Giants
Coming into Bordeaux we were convoyed for three hours by a ratty little French destroyer and a big dirigible French balloon. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
The Army prayed, and then a thin "ratty" little woman bobbed up in the ring; she'd gone mad on religion as women do on woman's rights and hundreds of other things. Children of the Bush
He may look kind of—of ratty, but all the same he's got rich relations. Galusha the Magnificent
But their "works" were, displayed in profusion all about the little ratty studio. The American Claimant
His customers would shake his ratty old shanty for sartin, soon's they see them elegant new rooms. The Depot Master
Some people consider the flesh very good, but my ideas perhaps give it a "ratty" flavor that makes it unpalatable. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
Look here, old man," he said, "I'm sorry I was a bit ratty last night. The Pit Prop Syndicate
Perhaps my head is ratty without my realizing it. The Drums of Jeopardy
They understand women, and have a contempt for 'em; and chaps that don't talk as they talk, or do as they do, or see as they see, are either soft or ratty. Over the Sliprails
"And he 'hatted' and brooded over it till he went ratty." On the Track
It's better to be thought 'wild' than to be considered eccentric or ratty. Joe Wilson and His Mates
Trav'lers and strangers failed to see anything uncommonly ratty about him. On the Track
They must have thought that nature was mad, drunk, or gone ratty, or the end of the world had come. On the Track
It's the heat that makes us all a bit ratty at times. Over the Sliprails
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