threadbare carpet

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a carpet that is old and worn, with the threads showing

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Examples (10)

  • The old mansion had a threadbare carpet running down the main staircase.
  • We had to replace the threadbare carpet in the living room as it was a trip hazard.
  • His first apartment was furnished with little more than a dusty sofa and a threadbare carpet.
  • She remembered the feel of the threadbare carpet under her bare feet in her grandmother's house.
  • The property's listing photos didn't show the stained and threadbare carpet in the hallway.
  • Light from the single window fell upon a threadbare carpet, revealing years of dust.
  • This threadbare carpet has seen better days; it's time for a new one.
  • Despite the grand paintings, the room was let down by a faded and threadbare carpet.
  • He tried to clean the spill, but the fibers of the threadbare carpet just came away.
  • As soon as we save enough money, we're going to tear up this awful threadbare carpet.