beat up

Example Sentences

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This should provide a badly needed injection of adrenaline to the beat-up small business sector.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

Regular, beat-up people know all this in the particular, the wealthy and successful only in the abstract.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

“It’s a little beat-up, which I like,” Hamilton says.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

Sadly, he only sells enough tomes to keep gas in his beat-up van and pursue his calling as Tulsa’s resident “truthstorian,” a blend of journalist and conspiracist.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

He's wearing a beat-up jacket that looks like it was made out of an old comforter.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi