beat up

Example Sentences

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By high school it was Dr. Dre, bass rattling the rearview mirror of my beat-up white Monte Carlo—raw, confrontational, impossible to ignore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

This should provide a badly needed injection of adrenaline to the beat-up small business sector.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

Sadly, he only sells enough tomes to keep gas in his beat-up van and pursue his calling as Tulsa’s resident “truthstorian,” a blend of journalist and conspiracist.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

Finally, Lewis bought his cousin a beat-up Plymouth and loaned Swaggart his backup musicians and studio time to record a gospel album.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025

This was the second Monday afternoon in a row that he and Clyde sat in his beat-up El Camino parked across from Booker Middle School along with the cars of parents.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman