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Examples of battering
battering
The shares were again taking a battering yesterday and it's not hard to see why.
From the independent.co.uk
Seattle led 5-0 after battering Baltimore starter Adam Loewen for three innings.
From the thestate.com
However, the ship was met with battering 18-foot seas that filled it with water.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Even worse is the battering Google shares have taken over the past three months.
From the forbes.com
The battering was no less troubling for the fact that it was largely gratuitous.
From the time.com
Officers in full riot gear are now breaking down the door using a battering ram.
From the theargus.co.uk
While abandoning quarterback, he's become the Gators'short-yardage battering ram.
From the kentucky.com
Moody has taken a battering during an international career that spanned 10 years.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Now the euro is taking a battering, hitting a four-year low against the dollar.
From the economist.com
- (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
- Buffet: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"
- A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
- Clobber: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
- Dinge: make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat"
- In baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing pitcher and trying to produce offense for one's team. A batter or hitter is a person whose turn it is to face the pitcher. ...
- Batter is a semi-liquid mixture of one or more flours combined with liquids such as water, milk or eggs used to prepare various foods. ...
- (Batters) the sloped sides of the walls surrounding the building platform.
- (batters) the slopes developed above and below benched tracks, the less steep they are, the better they re-vegetate
