tatters in a sentence

Examples

1. The nation's largest chain of psychiatric hospitals lies in tatters.
2. Russia is a sick country, its social safety net in tatters.
3. The government is riddled with corruption, the econonmy is in tatters.
4. Bush argued that Gore's credibility was in tatters.
5. But the ruling left the case against Estrada in tatters.
6. The score was 5-1 and the Kings were in tatters.
7. Some Indians _ their tribes in tatters _ beg on urban streets.
8. Until Koizumi came along, its image was in tatters.
9. Outside the officers'houses, the screened porches were in tatters.
10. In tatters, the flag's 50 white stars were threadbare.