battered
Example Sentences
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That should help with the healing of Ohtani’s battered body: knee, arm, neck, hip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
At the university, shelves groan with jagged pieces of spines, necks and legs that to an untrained eye resemble battered stones.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Heat and drought have battered much of Europe this summer, fuelling a spike in heat-related mortality, wildfires, devastating many crops and dropping water levels in major rivers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Heatwaves have battered Europe's sugar beet crop, with France expecting its worst harvest in four years.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
He pushes up the brim of a battered hat with a hand missing three of its fingers.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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