Sentence examples for were beaten back from inspiring English sources

Rioting Muslims were beaten back.

They were beaten back by baton charges.

The majority of those efforts were beaten back.

The Taliban were beaten back, but at a cost of 19 soldiers and police officers killed.

They were beaten back by security forces on Friday night, witnesses said.

The attackers were beaten back, and reportedly also took heavy casualties.

The specialist officers were beaten back by gunfire and three of them were wounded.

The Syrians were beaten back with shields and truncheons, and sprayed with fire extinguishers.

They tried hard, and they were beaten back; they were frustrated in their task.

Other presidents, including Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, have proposed steep cuts that were beaten back by Congress.

Initiatives to regulate financial derivatives were beaten back during the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.