Sentence examples for sorely battered from inspiring English sources
At the top is an attempt to restore some of the public's faith in state government, sorely battered after Mr. McGreevey's scandal-plagued administration and sordid exit.
"The royal presence still had near-magical properties to raise the spirits and enhance the self-respect of those who had been left sorely battered by the war," reports Ziegler, who suspects that the king in wartime must have "resented the fact that it was Churchill, Churchill, Churchill all the way while the head of state was left to pay a secondary role".
Often the men are older, battered, no longer successful, and the women have had their patience sorely tried.
Battered but still standing.
Threatened reprisals by fringe militant groups against American interests in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, have put foreign companies on edge, battering the currency and stock market, and making it harder for the government to raise sorely needed funds.
