Sentence examples for they were battered from inspiring English sources
They were battered by Borisov.
But in the last decade they were battered by war, sectarian violence and criminality.
They were battered on the backboards and relied mainly on jump shots.
The Yankees discovered this in recent days when they were battered by the hungry young gang from Anaheim.
He was again Italy's star turn as they reached the final, where they were battered by Peak Spain.
He was managing Brazil at a World Cup semi-final in Brazil and they were battered beyond belief.
I've watched the last few games and they were battering teams, they've just been unlucky – but with me, Henri [Saivet, another midfielder, signed from Bordeaux for £4.5m this week] and a couple more signings we can stay up.
They thought they were battering a rump, but instead the 200 or so demonstrators still camped out in Tahrir proved to be fuel for a fire which is now sweeping the nation.
"There were stages of the game where they were battering us on our line and the boys, credit to all the boys, they defended really well," he said.
They're battered and fried with chilli.
More bravery from Team GB! GB! GB! "They're bloodied, they're battered," says Hazel Irvine.
