How do you use Ratty in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like rodent or soiled, plus the exact meaning.
Ratty in a sentence
Ratty meaning
- Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.
- Infested with rats.
- In poor condition or repair.
Using Ratty
- The main meaning on this page is: Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike. | Infested with rats. | In poor condition or repair.
- Useful related words include: rodent, soiled, dirty, worn.
- In the example corpus, ratty often appears in combinations such as: toad ratty, the ratty.
Context around Ratty
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ratty
- In this selection, "ratty" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, toad, managed, enough and mole stand out and add context to how "ratty" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include but mr ratty managed a and for ratty it was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ratty" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ratty
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For Ratty it was perfect timing - her birthday is 13 May. (11 words)
Ratty briefly considers following his example, before Mole manages to persuade him otherwise. (13 words)
Ratty is said to be responding well and will soon be discharged from the hospital. (15 words)
It becomes a sometimes lengthy discussion if we should go ahead and bite the bullet and get a new pair of footware or if we could manage to re-sole the ratty old things one…more…time… Generally, he votes for re-soling and I vote for a new pair. (50 words)
You want subtle narrative texture, look no further than the scene where he has to tell Del her mom is gone, slouching exhaustedly in a ratty lawn chair, covered in sweat and dirt, silently gripping her mom’s gold necklace. (40 words)
Here you can rent out row boats, aptly named after Wind in the Willows characters like Toad, Ratty and Mole, and float down the reed-lined River Rother. (28 words)
Example sentences (12)
Jex was locked onto his target, but Mr Ratty managed a sharp turn and squeaking tight getaway.
Eggers' new is still ratty enough to (it features 5,000 live rats), but anything over 10k rats.
Here you can rent out row boats, aptly named after Wind in the Willows characters like Toad, Ratty and Mole, and float down the reed-lined River Rother.
One wander through Pangbourne and you can see why this was the perfect home for Toad, Ratty, Mole and Badger.
For Ratty it was perfect timing - her birthday is 13 May.
It becomes a sometimes lengthy discussion if we should go ahead and bite the bullet and get a new pair of footware or if we could manage to re-sole the ratty old things one…more…time… Generally, he votes for re-soling and I vote for a new pair.
You want subtle narrative texture, look no further than the scene where he has to tell Del her mom is gone, slouching exhaustedly in a ratty lawn chair, covered in sweat and dirt, silently gripping her mom’s gold necklace.
Four years ago, John replaced the carpet in front, but not the ratty blue carpet in his office.
McKenzie wants to remind the men that a ratty looking beard is not nearly as attractive as well-groomed one.
Ratty is said to be responding well and will soon be discharged from the hospital.
It featured four members of Monty Python: Jones as Mr. Toad, Idle as Ratty, Cleese as Mr. Toad's lawyer, and Palin as the Sun.
Ratty briefly considers following his example, before Mole manages to persuade him otherwise.
Common combinations with ratty
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: