Sentence examples for battering against from inspiring English sources

The sound of the water so softly battering Against the shore is decidedly sexual, In its liquidity, its regularity, Its persistence, its infantile obliviousness.

"If we want more cash for economic development," says Mr Travers, "it will be a case of battering against the Treasury's door until they hand over the money".

Poyser's itchily expressive John is forever battering against the prison bars; Akingbola's Winston has lost the key to his own self somewhere deep inside.

Preferably on a Wednesday night, when the world has it in for you, and the rain is battering against the windows.

Several golfers privately bemoaned poor communication as they were consigned to the locker room for three and a half hours with rain battering against windows and areas of the course flooded.

My heart is bursting out of my chest, battering against my bony sternum but it feels strong, vital, alive, I can barely contain it.

She would be bruised and battered against ten thousand unnamed stars".

A fly the size of a pinhead flew up and battered against the glass.

With runners in scoring position, batters against deGrom in the postseason before Wednesday were 2 for 21.

One, while her father was in prison, began at 3am with the sound of assault rifles being battered against the front door.

Businesses and financiers can move easily, but for workers the euro is a battering ram against their standards of living.