battered
Example Sentences
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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
Tornadoes, heavy rain and powerful winds battered the Northeast, through Atlantic Beach in Long Island, New York and knocked out power across parts of Delaware’s capital.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Israel’s battered tourism industry is showing rare flickers of life this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Few places have been more thoroughly battered by the force of climate change and Mother Nature than Big Sur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
My uncle and his old stereo and his army of battered CDs lined up on the kitchen counter, two stacks of cooking pots as bookends.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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