Later that evening, as the rain-storms lashed down, he felt well enough to stand up on one leg by the mast, letting the torrential bursts rain across his chest and strip away the ragged fabric of his jacket.

The ragged fabric was heavy with seawater.

Leaving a trail of ragged fabric behind her, until all she wore was a grimy cotton shift, she dived headlong into the bright green waters, immersing herself completely.

Still largely concealed by the increasingly soiled and ragged fabric that had been the skin of its doll phase, the creature had appeared to be partly reptilian, with the scales and the eyes of a serpent, but Tommy had perceived insectile qualities to it as well, features and capabilities not yet fully revealed.

I shrugged negligently, unwinding ragged fabric that had once clothed a borjuni.

Dark patches of dirt covered the ragged white fabric; beneath, visible amidst the grime, crimson scratches and contusions scored her flesh, all doubtless the result of her impact with the street.

Upheavals of nature and man over thousands of years have created in the Andes what Ms. Bode aptly calls a "palimpsest," a layered world with ancient wounds and patterns showing through the ragged fabric of the present.

The metal tongue of the pull-up section was still buried inside the buckle, but beyond it there was only ragged red fabric.

The bones and ragged fabrics from packs and clothes remained.

The icy needles also penetrated the ragged fabric in too many other places.