Sentence examples for heavy battering from inspiring English sources

Some visiting reputations, in contrast, took a heavy battering.

Around half of steel output is used in construction, an industry that took a heavy battering.

The second plank of the Union plan, a heavy battering by the ships' guns, was far more successful.

Last night's heavy battering for Labour and the disillusionment with Tony Blair's government it so amply revealed was also a glorious electoral opportunity for his opponents from both the right and left.

The stock market, closed for four days, did indeed absorb a heavy battering, but the 7percentt decline in some benchmark indexes would likely have been worse had it not been for legions of ordinary investors like Mr. Mason's clients who decided to sit tight, or even buy.

The Porthcawl course took a heavy battering during the winter storms as the near-by sea flooded many of the opening holes.

The shrimps were fresh but limp under a heavy batter.

He'd got a thick, heavy batter, and had messed up the product.

But only fried oysters were disappointing: they were supple enough but a heavy batter left them looking crude and tortured.

I tried zucchini and blueberry quick breads, which have heavy batters, as well as layer cakes made with different densities of batter.

Mongolian barbecued beef was boringly unseasoned, and fried calamari, while plentiful, was tough and smothered in heavy batter, though the garlicky red dip was full of zing.