BEAT in a Sentence
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321 example sentences for BEAT, such as:
1. The storms beat on the ship.
2. If you can't beat em, join em.
3. Where drums beat, laws are silent.
4. You ought to be beat for that, Pork.
5. I will loveyou with every beat of my heart.
2. If you can't beat em, join em.
3. Where drums beat, laws are silent.
4. You ought to be beat for that, Pork.
5. I will loveyou with every beat of my heart.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of BEAT
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beat
n. a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
v. move with a flapping motion
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 She seemed to melt against him in her terror, and he caught her in his arms, held her fast there, felt her lashes beat his cheek like netted butterflies.
2 Ethan's long strides grew more rapid with the accelerated beat of his thoughts, and as he reached the foot of School House Hill he caught sight of Hale's sleigh in the distance.
3 She never did beat Boyd much because he's the oldest and besides he's the runt of the litter, said Stuart, proud of his six feet two.
4 "I'm going to beat your hide off for that," cried Stuart fiercely.
5 It beat with odd little jerks; her hands were cold, and a feeling of disaster oppressed her.
6 She closed the door except for a crack and tried to make her heart beat more slowly.
7 And the best way to keep out invaders is to go to Virginia and beat the Yankees there.
8 Something in his voice made her heart beat pleasantly faster and she felt her face flush.
9 Scarlett said "Um," her heart beginning to beat faster as the thought recurred.
10 A glare brighter than a dozen suns dazzled their eyes, scorching heat seared their skins and the roaring, cracking and crashing beat upon their ears in painful waves.
11 It's mah notion dat 'twarn't de Yankees whut beat our gempmum.'
12 He turned to another sentry who was slowly pacing his beat: "Yee-ah, Bill."
13 "If we'd had our mothers-in-law in the ranks, we'd have beat the Yankees in a week," agreed Tommy, his eyes straying to the slender, indomitable form of his new mother-in-law.
14 Scarlett's heart failed a beat when she thought how close Tara had come to going back to wilderness.
15 You ought to be beat for that, Pork.
Example Sentence: (111 in 8 pages)
1 A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.
2 According to the police, his attackers beat him with a blunt instrument.
3 The African sun beat relentlessly down on his aching head.
4 For this peccadillo he was demoted and sent back to pound the beat.
5 A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.
6 Where drums beat, laws are silent.
7 He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.
8 If you can't beat em, join em.
9 The storms beat on the ship.
10 I will loveyou with every beat of my heart.
11 The visitors beat at the door until he answered.
12 Her heart beat violently when she received the letter.
13 They beat him down to the ground and stamped him on his body.
14 We beat their heads off at an English competition.
15 The cruel master beat his slaves mercilessly with a whip.