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The phrase "a beating of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing a physical beating or a figurative sense of defeat or criticism.
Example: "The boxer suffered a beating of such magnitude that he had to be taken to the hospital."
Alternatives: "a thrashing of" or "a drubbing of".
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One was said to have received a beating of 800 lashes for an unspecified sin.
Later, she whips eggs with an intensity that foreshadows a beating of the uppity child.
And there would be a beating of a detainee at least once a week".
Sooner or later, it was felt, justice would be done.That confidence has taken a beating of late.
It wasn't a meeting of minds, or a melding of souls, or a beating of two hearts as one.
Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren took a beating of a different kind, being pummeled by plummeting stock prices.
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A beat of silence.
A beat of life goes on.
The poetic verse has a beat of its own.
There wasn't a beat of work she skipped.
"They can say 'Fuck you in your ass' just with a beat of an eyelash".
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