The phrase "a kind of battered" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is somewhat damaged or worn, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The old car was a kind of battered relic from a bygone era, showing signs of wear and tear."
Alternatives: "somewhat damaged" or "a sort of worn".
In a new barrage of political advertisements and speeches here, three of Mr. Romney's opponents in South Carolina's primary on Jan . 21have used Gaffney and Bain's business practices in other communities across the country as a kind of battering ram to portray him as a job-destroying robber baron.
She was really a rebel, deeply committed to sports as a woman, and as a social change agent, saw sports as a kind of battering ram, if you will, into society's consciousness.
In another mixing bowl, mix egg and half of the above to make a kind of batter.
The Futurists used highly confrontational language as a kind of spiritual battering ram to break down resistance to new ideas and to lay waste to conventional thought in order to recontextualize everything.
All of them know the kind of battering their mother has regularly endured.
If Mohammed can take the kind of battering Stanford dishes out, and if Kentucky's bench, which averages 27.4 points a game, can help wear down the Cardinal, especially their guards, then Kentucky should get through to the final.
With the best will in the world we are not going to have a fantastic election and I can't see how Nick Clegg could possibly stay in after any kind of battering, even if it's only a fairly mild one and also, to be fair, I think if he did try to stay there are enough people in the party who don't really want him as leader who are currently biting their tongues until after the election.
" So to have a guy you trust, a guy who you've always worked with, I think it very important for any kind of batter coming through".
Perhaps Eurostar will dwindle to a kind of cult: one increasingly battered train a day, a lifeline for a new generation of Children of the Sun, disgusted at their betrayal by their elders.
(This is harder to achieve that it sounds -- it takes a special kind of batter to insulate the Twinkie from the oil and keep it from turning into a grease-soaked wad).
