battered
Example Sentences
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It has been the singular lifeline for a battered Iran and its entire proxy network.
She wears battered white leather sandals; at the top of the frame, we see the very bottoms of a slip and a skirt.
The immigrant community, he said, had been battered like never before in recent months.
From Los Angeles Times
“We were pretty bruised and battered at that point,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
In Sri Lanka, which has been battered by Cyclone Ditwah, more than 130 people are dead and some 170 missing, officials said.
From BBC
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