BATTER in a Sentence
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50 example sentences for BATTER, such as:
1. Each dint upon his batter'd shield.
2. Somebody had battered her to death.
3. There's someone battering at the door.
4. The man battered his former wife about.
5. He placed a battered felt hat on his head.
2. Somebody had battered her to death.
3. There's someone battering at the door.
4. The man battered his former wife about.
5. He placed a battered felt hat on his head.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of BATTER
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batter
v. strike violently and repeatedly
n. a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
Classic Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1 They had only their hard fists to batter at the world with.
2 It was of no use to batter themselves against granite.
3 Each dint upon his batter'd shield.
4 The talking ceased, and Fairway gave a circular motion to the rope, as if he were stirring batter.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
5 For I never was less disposed to forgive him the way he used to batter Traddles, than when I saw Traddles so ready to forgive him himself.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
6 Then he seizes a gun and begins to batter the door with the butt end.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 12: CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A C...
Context Highlight In BOOK 12: CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A C...
7 Barred out before their weeping parents' eyes and faces, some, swept on by the rout, roll headlong into the trenches; some, blindly rushing with loosened rein, batter at the gates and stiffly-bolted doorway.
8 Hale sat with his feet up on the stove, his back propped against a battered desk strewn with papers: the place, like the man, was warm, genial and untidy.
9 Her companion, who was just coming back to the table with the remains of a cold mince-pie in a battered pie-dish, set down her unappetising burden without appearing to hear the accusation brought against her.
10 Throughout the dismal meal, Gerald's booming voice battered against her ears until she thought she could endure it no longer.
11 Gerald in the old rocker, the girls on the sagging cushions of the sofa that was too battered and worn for the front of the house.
12 The Bonnell home, awkwardly patched and roofed with rude boards instead of shingles, managed to look livable for all its battered appearance.
13 Just as she was preparing to start walking the long way across town to the Yankee encampment, a battered wagon appeared.
14 He threw his battered straw hat into the back of the wagon, clucked to the horse and they moved off.
15 Lily, to whom the name conveyed nothing, opened the door upon a woman in a battered bonnet, who stood firmly planted under the hall-light.
Example Sentence:
1 In such a dark room, we can only hear someone batter at the door.
2 Dip the fish in the batter, then drop it into the hot oil.
3 The man battered his former wife about.
4 He placed a battered felt hat on his head.
5 It's very hard for battered women to rebuild their lives without a good support network.
6 Somebody had battered her to death.
7 The ship made slow progress as it battered its way through the ice floe.
8 Tropical storm Leslie arrived around 8:30 a.m. and battered the province for several hours, bringing near-hurricane-force winds, heavy rains and widespread power outages.
9 There's someone battering at the door.
10 Leaving the relationship does not mean that the battering will stop.
11 Chancellor Merkel's own popularity ratings have taken a battering.