Sentence examples for sharply battered from inspiring English sources

(See: ChevronTexaco Profits Fall Sharply, Battered By Refining).

The charges of child molesting against Michael Jackson come at a time when the pop star who ruled the Billboard charts in the 1980's was making another effort to resurrect a career that in recent years has been battered by sharply declining album sales and costly legal judgments against him.

Amgen shares were battered again yesterday after Medicare proposed to sharply curtail reimbursement for the company's biggest selling product, the anemia drug Aranesp.

While American optimism about the war in Iraq rose sharply today, American spirits about the economy are still being battered.

In an environment where the mere mention of the possibility of accounting problems can send a company's stock tumbling sharply, the delays in filing A.& P.'s reports had battered its stock.

[C1.] General Motors said it sharply reduced its loss during the first quarter -- a breakthrough for a company battered by accounting missteps and doubts about the future of its chief executive and of the automaker itself.

Shares of two bond insurers, MBIA Inc. and the Ambac Financial Group, battered by losses from the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, fell sharply Thursday in New York Stock Exchange trading on concern they would lose their AAA credit ratings.

They have been battered by falling house prices and expensive petrol, and their spending growth has already slowed sharply.

John Lewis, middle England's favourite shop, has been battered by tough price competition on the high street and slumping consumer confidence with profits falling sharply in the first half.

The stock market, which ended down sharply on Friday across the board, in a week that the Standard & Poor's 500-stock indroppedpped 3.92percentt, has been battered by renewed concerns over the credit crisis and about some weak earnings reports.

Battered by worries about the ability of Greece and several other European countries to pay their huge debts, the euro has slumped sharply since January.