battered
Example Sentences
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Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle, a former United Nations economic advisor, takes up hard task of reforming Nepal's battered economy.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
By early 1942 the nation was battered, no doubt, and after years of hard conflict and rationing of food supplies, its citizens were somewhat bowed down.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Only one bridge still links Tyre to areas further north, along a narrow, battered coastal road winding between banana plantations and orange trees.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Analysts note the regime is battered but intact, still controls the Strait of Hormuz and could access its nuclear materials buried deep under rubble.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
The notebook was brown and battered from being carried in Frank’s pocket all the time, but it had records of every crime they’d ever solved.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
