Sentence examples for Had battered from inspiring English sources

Years of withering criticism had battered Mr. Stapp's self-confidence.

I had battered gator tail for the first time.

Persuading a jury that Minnelli had battered a grown man would be no easy matter.

In that start, the Tigers had battered him for four runs in four innings.

He told me that the screws had battered one kid and he was black and blue".

The rain that had battered my windscreen and my humour for two days had stopped.

This has battered already fragile balance sheets.

War has battered an economy that was already limping.

Gang wars and poor infrastructure have battered its tourist industry.

Unseasonal rains have battered crops in the north.

Of late it has battered its competitors in America.