Sentence examples for was battered on from inspiring English sources

But Citigroup, one of the world's largest financial firms, was battered on the exchange.

Clemens had a no-decision on Monday, Hernández was battered on Tuesday and Mussina lost on Wednesday.

The increase continues the wild gyrations in prices that have occurred during April, and it came just a day after the technology-heavy Nasdaq index was battered on worries about Microsoft, the industry's bellwether company.

The mutual fund industry, plagued by a series of recent scandals, was battered on Monday by new details of widespread trading abuses, the removal of the top executive at a big fund company and the disclosure by federal regulators that the industry faced an imminent wave of government lawsuits.

The Nasdaq Composite Index, which was battered on Monday, closed in range of its all-time closing high of 2598.81, set on April 12.

The peak of my sympathy for Mitt Romney came when he was being battered on one side by Christian fundamentalists who think his faith is a cult and on the other by fellow Mormons, who were irate when he fudged the fact that they believe Jesus will return to earth and build a new Jerusalem in Jackson County, Mo.

POLAND'S centrist government is being battered on all sides.

We are being battered on a lot of different fronts.

"I saw it on the telly — people being battered on the head.

They were battered on the backboards and relied mainly on jump shots.

In recent years, G.I. Joe has been battered on all sides by competitors.