1.   It was a dingy room with a threadbare carpet.

2.   Neville rose from his seat and padded across the threadbare carpet to the whisky optic.

3.   The sheets lay tangled, hanging down on the threadbare carpet.

4.   She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet.

5.   Guests at Iraq hotels have become used to chipped plates, dull silverware, rickety furniture and threadbare carpets.