beaten

Example Sentences

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John: Finished third last year, beaten by just three lengths.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Oral Wegovy may have beaten Foundayo to the shelves, too, but Lilly figured out how to distinguish its pill another way.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Well beaten on his runs before and after that, but looks to have been waiting for the better spring weather and decent ground too.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

In a “risk-on” market, investors rush to buy up stocks that had been especially beaten down during prior bouts of defensive posturing, noted Cantor Fitzgerald’s C.J.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Maybe, beaten down as he already was and ready to grab on to the thinnest lifeline of hope, he just thought, Do as you're told.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson