battered
Example Sentences
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Greeting visitors is a dire panorama of nonfunctioning wells, battered pipelines and empty storage tanks, among other markers of decline.
From Los Angeles Times
Train departure boards were littered with cancellations when Storm Ingrid battered the South West of England last month - and for many, it all felt quite familiar.
From BBC
After some 2,300 miles later, the walk ended this week in Washington, D.C., accompanied by images of worn shoes and battered, bloodied feet.
From Salon
AFP images showed the battered city of 400,000 people littered with trees felled by strong winds and roofs blown off buildings.
From Barron's
On Sunday, before tens of millions, he recreated and criticised our battered electrical grid while performing the song El Apagón.
From BBC
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