battered
Example Sentences
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"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
The administration is pushing to revitalize Venezuela’s battered economy, taking control of Venezuela’s oil exports and closely managing how money is distributed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
The majority looked like battered combs that were missing teeth.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Vocabulary lists containing battered
"Heart of Darkness," Vocabulary from the novella
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"My Papa's Waltz"
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