Sentence examples for beats off from inspiring English sources

In the summer, the sun beats off the metal decking and it's like a microwave oven.

Meanwhile, in a courteous and time-worn ritual, he beats off a large crowd of his followers, as, one by one, they line up to clasp his knees.

Why the scene in which he beats off a couple of taser-wielding baddies in his underpants hasn't gone down in cinema history is beyond me.

He favored tracks full of grand, gothic keyboard lines, and he made his words memorable by using fewer of them, drawing out his raspy syllables, or taking a few beats off for added emphasis.

Intelligent in what it says about the evolution in gay life and culture, poignant about growing old alone and (Crisp being Crisp) very funny, it deserves a swift repeat - whether or not Hurt next month beats off Kenneth Branagh (Wallander), Brendon Gleeson Winston Churchilll in Into the Storm) and David Oyelowo in Small Island to the Bafta.

If the country beats off competition from Australia, its aerospace industry would receive a massive boost.

This finding is consistent with the work of the IFC and U.S. DoE supported Lighting Africa program, which find that even in the short-term, solar beats off-grid and mini-grid based fossil fuels, a finding our own laboratory at UC Berkeley has confirmed in field-studies in East Africa, southeast Asia and Central America1.

The bridge beat off competition from other finalists.

What are you going to do, stay home and beat off?" So she knew.

In 2008 the target ship managed to beat off a pirate assault half the time.

And after an outstanding year, Nicki Minaj beat off stiff competition for Best International Act.