Sentence examples for the battering from inspiring English sources
verb
To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- He battered his wife with a walking stick.
Penn State needed answers early because of the battering it took in the first half.
The battering ram of misandry is another attempt to silence debate.
Her tent feels like a warm embryo against the battering rain outside.
He added: "We saw in automotive the battering our industry took in the 70s, 80s and 90s before fighting back.
Progress, however, will be tortuous, notwithstanding the battering the left has suffered as a result of Mr Bo's fall.
Hodgson still lives in Chippenham and, notwithstanding the battering it takes at his stand-up shows, and the battering he takes on its streets most Friday nights, he says he will "probably" never leave.
In the past couple of days, the highest levels of the country's establishment appear to have woken up to the battering India's image has been taking.
IF IT had to live off legitimate enterprise, Altar, in Sonora state, would be just another victim of the battering Mexico's rural economy has suffered.
The battering ram of the prohibitionists was the Anti-Saloon League, which Okrent calls "the mightiest pressure group in the nation's history".
It might surprise some to learn that, despite the battering the economy has taken since then, the tribe remains populous and robust.
The firm had already been losing big-name clients following the battering its reputation had sustained because of the Enron affair.
