Sentence examples for for a beating from inspiring English sources

And Long Island, too, comes in for a beating.

*** The GI stationed in Great Britain also came in for a beating.

Mr. Ruiz's visual wit and playful style are put to good use when the masochistic Charlus visits a male bordello for a beating.

In Spain, the property developers, financial institutions and politicians who fuelled the country's wild property boom, come in for a beating.

On either side, teenagers from rival gangs line up and face off, strategically sending squadrons of funkeiros into the rival line, flailing with their feet and hands, trying to drag enemies (called Germans) across the corridor for a beating.

Someone tipped off the Ben Gardane police — maybe it was Ahmed's long beard, or the fact that he was a stranger in town — and he was brought in for a beating.

"A beating for Brazil," O Globo's  sports section said.

He paused for a beat.

He pauses for a beat.

She pauses for a beat.

Shirin pauses, just for a beat.