Sentence examples for battered the bottom from inspiring English sources

Formenti was brilliantly attuned to the violence of much of the music - passages in which he thumped the keyboard with his elbows, pumped the piano's pedals, and battered the bottom notes in a pummelling ostinato - but he did not connect these moments.

At the annual meeting yesterday of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's second-largest lender, the chairman, John T. Ralph, told shareholders that slumping stock markets were battering the bottom line and that they should expect only modest profit growth this fiscal year.

The only trouble with making a lot of acquisitions is that they can batter the bottom line.

LAS VEGAS — When the last recession battered the nation, the bottom fell out in Las Vegas.

They are still sensitive to heat and battering, and the bottom is always opened up, exposing the chip.

But Rodriguez would be the third batter in the bottom of the ninth.

5 Spread half the cake batter in the bottom of prepared pan.

The first batter in the bottom of the first inning, Derek Jeter, ripped a home run over the right-field fence.

But he failed to retire a batter in the bottom of the inning as Milwaukee scored five times.

After retiring the first two batters in the bottom of the first, Hampton threw nine straight balls.

4. Spread a small ladleful of batter across the bottom of the pan, quickly swirling to coat.