Sentence examples for it beat having from inspiring English sources
"It was nasty out," one said, "but it beat having beers on land".
Silicon Valley is still king when it comes to startup hubs, but there's at least one area where NYC has it beat: having a good time for a good cause.
I was irked, but it beat having to huff it to midtown to sit at the label.
And as labor-intensive as it is, it beats having to exercise.
As Sundays go, it beats having a polite domestic in Farrow & Ball.
Today, agents are pleased when a sign-in sheet logs six names, because it beats having no one show up at all.
Some days we jump into the van after a show and instantly dive into the cardboard library - well, it beats having to talk to each other.
And it beats having fathers who are still wearing Chelsea shirts in their middle-fifties and mothers who queue all night themselves to get a ticket for Justin Bieber, whose name I might just possibly have made up.
Still, it beats having to explain to tens of thousands of customers that you lost your data and their personal information.
Sure, I admitted it's a bit of a gimmick, but it beats having a dead phone by the time my lunch starts to make me sleepy.
