Sentence examples for up a battered from inspiring English sources

He picked up a battered National guitar, coated in chipped brown paint, and fumbled a few chords on the neck.

Sozan, holding up a battered Nokia, said no. Sozan went into his garage to settle up.

TITLE: Handcuffed and Detained: Should the U.S. lock up a battered immigrant and her children while they seek asylum?

I picked up a battered paperback in one of those pubs where you leave your thrillers for fellow devotees, and within pages was hooked.

In the kitchen, which also holds the shower, she covered up a battered floor with stick-on vinyl tiles from Home Depot.

Then Malaysia's prime minister Mahathir Mohamad brought in capital controls to shore up a battered financial system – and he was pilloried from Washington to Wall Street.

One Halloween, Chris Don and Dottieie's foster child — dresses up as a battered wife, with dark makeup under his eye.

He beamed and ladled it up from a battered aluminum pot, rich and golden, like liquid sunshine.

Then she whipped up a batter and made this wonderful upside-down cake.

Ordóñez came up a batter later with the game-winning hit, but the Braves might have scored in the top of the inning if not for Shinjo's arm.

Mr. Toledo, a onetime shoeshine boy, began his presidency as a reformer who many Peruvians believed would clean up a country battered by the 10-year, graft-ridden rule of Alberto K. Fujimori.