Sentence examples for can batter from inspiring English sources

— You can batter the little cunt, he'd said.

He says these contracts protect him from volatile price swings that can batter the commodities markets.

It is angled just right, so that major storms can batter it mercilessly.

For instance, floating logs and other debris in the intertidal zone can batter the resident organisms, producing localized mortality.

If a factory occupies its own building, it is easier to control the environment and avoid costly production slowdowns that can batter a company's image and stock price.

Out at sea, wet-season cyclones, which can batter the Kimberley's coast, claim the lives of pearl divers and fisherman, but inland the uninitiated fare little better.

Come game time, they stuff themselves into a crouch so that their bodies can be battered by foul tips and stray swings.

Still, Mr Smith can be battered about more than some cabinet ministers because he is neither in the camp of Gordon Brown's or that of Tony Blair.

Rotator cuffs and wrists can get battered during plank poses and chaturangas, which are like push-ups, while knees are susceptible to the lotus position, hero's pose and the warrior positions.

If you'd prefer not to use faux meat, you can also batter-fry onion slices, sweet potato wedges, broccoli florets, or pieces of cauliflower.

A SINGLE economic figure can boost or batter a politician's standing.