BEAT in a Sentence

Learn BEAT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
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.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of BEAT
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.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
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.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  "I'm going to beat your hide off for that," cried Stuart fiercely.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
5  It beat with odd little jerks; her hands were cold, and a feeling of disaster oppressed her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  She closed the door except for a crack and tried to make her heart beat more slowly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  And the best way to keep out invaders is to go to Virginia and beat the Yankees there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  Something in his voice made her heart beat pleasantly faster and she felt her face flush.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  Scarlett said "Um," her heart beginning to beat faster as the thought recurred.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  It's mah notion dat 'twarn't de Yankees whut beat our gempmum.'
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
12  He turned to another sentry who was slowly pacing his beat: "Yee-ah, Bill."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
14  Scarlett's heart failed a beat when she thought how close Tara had come to going back to wilderness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
15  You ought to be beat for that, Pork.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
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.