batter

Example Sentences

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"Got the scan and there's no break there or anything like that, so it's just a bit battered and bruised, much better than I thought, to be honest."

From Barron's

Rudra Bahadur Kami returned to Nepal through a back door of Kathmandu airport in a battered coffin after working for more than a decade in Saudi Arabia to feed his family back home.

From Barron's

Greeting visitors is a dire panorama of nonfunctioning wells, battered pipelines and empty storage tanks, among other markers of decline.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a batter clearly playing to his strengths, even if he insists it was not premeditated.

From BBC

Train departure boards were littered with cancellations when Storm Ingrid battered the South West of England last month - and for many, it all felt quite familiar.

From BBC