Sentence examples for a beat at from inspiring English sources

Service, while amiable, can miss a beat at peak hours.

My heart skipped a beat at the sight of that old gum machine.

Because of its mass and inertia, I have to anticipate what Michael-Leon Wooley, the plant's voice, says by half a beat at least.

The band demonstrates an unnerving tic on the song, too — coming to a complete halt for a beat at various unexpected points, leaving a listener in a terrifying place, alone with her thoughts.

She missed four weeks of training to recover, but did not skip a beat at the Olympic trials, recording personal bests in the 50 and 100 freestyles in winning both.

Nor has the army of busy construction cranes missed a beat at the largest of the Panel Bay projects, Sharp's complex on the site of an abandoned steel furnace.

"It'd take a beating at sea.

And Barcelona certainly took a beating at Balaídos.

Still, Ms. Stevenson said her self-esteem took a beating at Harvard.

Wow, it sounds like Zach really took a beating at Slammers last week.

Costumes take a beating at the Globe – they get rained on, or they fall down.