Sentence examples for battered by time from inspiring English sources

Those eyes were never bigger – or braver – than in this unillusioned, atheist painting of the artist battered by time and recognising the nearness of his own mortality.

While much of the city's housing stock has been battered by time and climate, there are new shopping malls and multiplex cinemas, and a brand new philharmonic hall opened in November.

They're astonishingly thin, edges brittle and blackened like parchments battered by time.

When Ronald Bender and about 260 other workers were unexpectedly laid off from a North Side window factory 15 months ago, they staged a sit-in and gained national attention as symbols of a work force battered by hard times.

Multiple past revivals aside, the show's infectious optimism and resolute belief in "Tomorrow" should offer a welcome buoyancy and generous smile quotient to contemporary audiences battered by troubling times.

Twisted firestarter Tracy Barlow wrestled with her conscience as Carla staggered around in a booze-fuelled daze, Jason's pretty face got battered by small-time gangster Callum, and Lloyd became the latest victim of Liz's man-eating miniskirt.

Over the years, Mr. Adair was battered by explosions several times, catapulted into a pool of hot oil and temporarily blinded by hydrogen sulfide.

Although manufacturing has been battered by the recession and times are hard for many, industry associations say people with so-called STEM skills (science, technology, engineering and maths) are in demand.

New research suggests that they may die sooner, because their health, income security and mental well-being were battered by recession at a crucial time in their lives.

Behind the scenes, there were also concerns about what the world would see: images of runners so close to neighborhoods that had been battered by the storm, at a time when gasoline remained in short supply and mass transit was still not fully functioning.

This week, he was battered by a report in the Times Union of Albany that he had authorized his closest staff member to pay $32,500 in personal legal bills with Assembly Republican campaign funds.