batter

Example Sentences

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The left-handed batter struggled for form towards the end of last summer and hit just one half-century in 16 innings across all formats this winter.

From BBC

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

Suryavanshi first turned heads three years ago when he was a 12-year-old batter taking bowlers old enough to be his father to the cleaners.

From BBC

Shares have been battered ever since Super Micro’s co-founder and two others linked to the company were charged with illegally smuggling chips to China.

From Barron's

I suppose you could keep the plate umpires around for aesthetics, let them keep the mask and call foul tips and hit batters, but that’s lame.

From The Wall Street Journal