battering

Example Sentences

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So, Tory HQ is braced for another battering, just as they suffered last year when, as one member of the shadow cabinet admits, "we were in a total mess".

From BBC • May 2, 2026

On June 11, he wrote: “Every time I read about the battering ram incident I’m just floored at how wild that is.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Veeva has taken a battering as part of the brutal software selloff in recent week, but the results could give the stock a much-needed boost.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

They had outgunned Scotland, routing them at the breakdown, stifling their lethal runners, battering them in the collisions.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

A whole hour later, tired, our knees bloody from battering them against the rocks we had to climb, we found Auk XIV.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam