The cloth was cut into tatters with a knife, leaving it in multiple pieces of different sizes.

My shirt was left in tatters when my dog chew through it, leaving little more than torn scraps.

I tore the paper into tatters during class because I was bored, resulting in pieces of all shapes and sizes.

If you need to bandage multiple wounds but have no medical supplies you should tear your shirt into tatters.

The tent was in tatters after it got torn to pieces by the rough winds of the tornado, leaving it in pieces of various sizes.