battered
Example Sentences
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For SailPoint and the rest of the battered software sector, a stretch of market turbulence gave way to a sudden, welcome reprieve last month.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
"For the next week we just had tuna every day, it was a bit like Forrest Gump and the shrimp, we had curried tuna, fried tuna, battered tuna, beer-battered tuna, raw tuna."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
A severe tropical storm moved towards Tokyo on Wednesday, with forecasters warning of floods after torrential rain battered swathes of the country and prompted calls to evacuate for hundreds of thousands of people.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
They crushed Lamar 19-6 on Saturday and then battered Texas State.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
He kicked and battered the air in some clumsy attempt to intimidate Gingersnipes, but she would not be deterred.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Vocabulary lists containing battered
"Heart of Darkness," Vocabulary from the novella
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