battering

Example Sentences

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Those stocks took a battering at the start of this year due to worries that artificial intelligence will replace certain software functions.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Internet access took a battering ram to information’s door, sending dizzying amounts of data our way overnight.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

“I worry that these attacks are battering the institution.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 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

It is heard—the thunder, earthshake, drum-fire, of the bright and battering sandals I Yes, and even then it is only a cavalry charge you are thinking of, not a chivalry one.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White