Sentence examples for batter fishermen from inspiring English sources
The silver carp, capable of spectacular leaping, batter fishermen.
It was a race against the clock with quantifiable winners and losers, and the fishermen — permanently sleep-deprived, battered by the elements — were edgy and prone to conflict.
Cyclones and hurricanes physically batter the reefs, as do sticks of dynamite thrown by fishermen.
Fishermen who have been trapped on land as ferocious storms batter Cornwall's coast may risk sailing in dangerous conditions, a leading fishing organisation has warned.
Out at sea, wet-season cyclones, which can batter the Kimberley's coast, claim the lives of pearl divers and fisherman, but inland the uninitiated fare little better.
In the western Palawan province, officials said three fishermen died after jumping off their anchored boat when it was battered by big waves.
A fierce storm battered fishing boats in the Bay of Bengal; at least 21 trawlers and nearly 200 fishermen were missing.
Hundreds of fishermen whose jobs have been put into limbo protested on Monday in Barbate, a battered Andalusian fishing town, and the Spanish government has called for European money to support the affected fishermen.
"First Katrina, then Ike, Gustav, the fishermen's strike — and now this," said Thi Lee, 35, whose husband lost his skiff in Katrina and only recently restored a second skiff to working condition after it was battered by another hurricane.
