Sentence examples for avoid being battered from inspiring English sources

Mr. Stadnyk, 48, a garage inventor who stumbled into the world of patents after he bought a powerful new motorcycle and wanted to avoid being battered by the wind when riding at 60 miles an hour, even with a windshield.

The standard marine practice in such a case would be for a ship to go to sea to avoid being battered against the dock, experts say, and in the Caribbean trying to sail south of the storm.

He or she must be very good at catching the ball; if the first baseman manages to get a hold of the ball before the batter has made it to first base, it's almost impossible for the batter to avoid being tagged out.

(A batter may also freely advance to first base if the batter's body or uniform is struck by a pitch outside the strike zone, provided the batter does not swing and attempts to avoid being hit).

The company, whose image and finances have been battered since the explosion, has welcomed takeover offers and is seeking to avoid liability for the April 5 accident.

Within eight minutes Sensible was battered into submission, Bourdé's desperate attempt to board Seahorse easily avoided by Foote.

The body was battered.

His family is battered.

My confidence was battered.

Banking has also been battered.

Storefronts were battered shut.