Sentence examples for battering at from inspiring English sources

Enemies – from Europe and elsewhere – were circling, battering at the gates.

There's no Left, either, no Arthur Scargill: only shots of angry miners and shaggy Spartists battering at Thatcher's limo windows.

Several bidders are battering at the church doors with offers that may prove better value for shareholders and taxpayers alike.

Donald Trump and Theresa May are not flagbearers in the distance, they are catapults battering at the walls.

Preservation of Isis depends on its powers of resistance and the strength of the forces now battering at its outer defences.

NEWCOMERS are battering at the gates of America's telecoms market hoping T-Mobile US, the fourth-largest mobile- phone operator, will let them in.

"Schools and heads are battered at the moment.

War thundered and whined around the dugout and battered at the door.

Meanwhile, Mr. Singh has been battered at home by allegations of corruption leveled against his government.

I'll batter at words and syllables until they're at least not offensive to me.

"And then a handball when the ball has been battered at the player from a yard.