| Her comments are so threadbare and banal, that her role smacks of the worst kind of tokenism. |
| What parts of the floor weren't laid with threadbare rugs were scored and marked from claws. |
| The living-room is somewhat the worse for wear, with a threadbare dark red carpet. |
| The weather-beaten windows, with their peeling paint, will go, as will the threadbare carpet in the games room. |
| She wrapped her inadequate, threadbare cape more securely around herself and pulled the hood down a little more to keep out the biting wind. |
| She stopped, then slowly walked over to stand in the middle of the large, round room, looking down at the threadbare area rug. |
