Sentence examples for feel battered from inspiring English sources

The sense of a dramatic crescendo is lost, so that by the end, instead of feeling stirred to a high pitch of anxiety and excitement, you may feel battered and worn down.

They will feel battered but they must see this as a real opportunity.

They feel battered, financially poorer and still trapped by the pressures of war.

But, to be honest with you, this year, I feel battered by it.

For all their spirited endeavour, they must feel battered and bruised inside.

But many people clearly feel battered by the stomach-churning job market jags of the past few years.

A heartbreaking separation and reunion was shot and reshot until they felt battered and delusional.

At the end, as the symphony at last found a transcendent major-key fanfare, I felt battered, bruised and elated.

Mr. Von Essen has said publicly that he has felt battered by firefighters' accusations, and his tears yesterday seemed a momentary culmination of two months of horror.

By the end of the week I felt battered and knackered, but came to see that surfing and yoga really do complement each other.

CHICAGO — For weeks, the members of Trinity United Church of Christ on the South Side of the city felt battered by the national spotlight that had accompanied the growing fame of their longtime member, Senator Barack Obama.