Sentence examples for beat against from inspiring English sources

Waves beat against the vessel, knocking two people overboard.

In vain will she beat against the bars.

It would beat against the walls of its cage if it could.

In 1965, I cowered happily in my parents' bed while Betsy beat against our windows.

A red and white Peruvian flag beat against an azure Andean sky.

You beat against the tiles, unable to break through, like somebody trapped beneath a frozen lake.

Divers who beat against the ferry's hull on Monday heard nothing that indicated anyone had survived.

But the ripples caused by the many deaths in this brief war continue to beat against life's shores.

Boats beating against the current.

Back and forth the gaze beating against unseeable and unmakeable.

I can feel her heart beating against my arm.