So battered are REITs that they now trade at 90% of their estimated net asset value, according to Green Street.
Except he couldn't, so battered was he.
"Vegas was so battered there is now a tiny bit of hope," Ms. Maitland said.
Yet few major corporations have been so battered by the authorities.
The Cuban economy is so battered now that it would be overwhelmed by American competition.
The Indian National Congress party was so battered in last month's general election that recovery may be beyond it.
Belinda Sheppard's finances have been so battered in the past year, she finds herself wondering what storm will come next.
That left her with only one film-festival print so battered that it would barely run through a projector.
Unfortunately the clips themselves are so battered, grainy and sordid that they are more depressing than inspiring.
A Jaguar tailing the car and carrying a palace security detail was so battered that the police ended up using its doors as shields.
No book on your shelves is so arcane, so out of date, so unreadable, so battered that you can't make an argument for keeping it.
