Use battered in a sentence | example usage from the newswires

Editorial »

How to use the word battered in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

Filter by category:

24 results found

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripples ourselves with lies. – unknown	added by unochickie 1 year ago
This is not the moment to go to our beautiful, but battered district because it is the most infected one in all of Peru. This poses great risks and that's why I was asking people not to come. – Mayor Forsyth	Found on CNN 3 years ago
There is certainly no reason to give the all-clear, but to breathe a sigh of relief, at least, after all, it has not become even worse in the already battered German industrial sector. – Andreas Rees	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I think one of the by-products of the communications explosion is a sort of corruption fatigue. We've lost our ability to be shocked or enraged by the machinations of politicians. We've been battered with such frequency that we've become indifferent. We're punch drunk with scandal. – Larry Gelbart	added by Normando 4 years ago
People love him, and from where we were, we were battered in terms of our image and he was a game-changer for the ANC. – Fikile Mbalula	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	added by Normando 5 years ago
I told him I felt like a battered wife. – Jamie Seet	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
There was this mad rush to yieldcos and now there's a mad rush away, but there's a bunch of yieldcos that are doing just fine but have been battered by market psychology, if you've got the stomach for it, these are great buying opportunities. – Murray Rosenblith	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's no surprise to see markets rebounding after excessive movements seen in the last few weeks, european equities have been particularly hit and we expect a faster recovery for battered financial stocks. – Riccardo Ambrosetti	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There's a sense of relief. There's so much nervousness in the market at the moment that even slightly good news out of a bank like Commerzbank is taken very well, the German banking sector has been pretty battered, and The German banking sector's got to a point where there may be value there, so long as global economic factors start to calm down. Germany's DAX was up 1.4 percent. Traders said that growth data from Germany, which showed growth was steady and in line with expectations, provided reassurance after economic fears had pegged back markets this week. The FTSEurofirst 300 nonetheless remains down 5 percent this week, with banks still down around 7.5 percent on the week, hit by concerns over profitability in a low growth, low interest rate environment. Caution over exposure to default from the energy sector has also hindered bank stocks. On Friday, the oil and gas sector rose 3.1 percent after a rally in oil which left crude prices up over 3 percent. Growth sensitive mining stocks also rallied, up over 3 percent. In other corporate news, Rolls Royce rallied 11.9 percent after Rolls Royce results, Rolls Royce biggest one-day rise since November 2008. It stuck to its 2016 guidance, despite being forced to cut its dividend following three profit warnings last year. It said there would be no need for a rights issue. – Mark Priest	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In the near future the strong correlation between oil prices and Saudi's equity markets should fall as bargain buyers return to buy back battered stocks. – Shiv Prakash	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The confidence in gold as a supposed safe haven or as an investment has been battered over the last few years. – Victor Thianpiriya	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Ironically, what you actually need to see for physical demand to pick up is for prices to rally, the confidence in gold as a supposed safe haven or as an investment has been battered over the last few years. – Victor Thianpiriya	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
With the rand getting battered like this, firing Nene is not the right move, i've been an ANC supporter because of the older generation who were running the party. But this guy is leading the country to disaster. He's allowed too much corruption. – Dominic Ratau	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You all know that a military general of the United States doesn't predict, he orders and the battered Venezuelan right-wing executes. – President Nicolas Maduro	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Investors picked up the battered shares. – Reshan Wediwardana	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
While it is clear from the video that De'Andre Johnson was not the initial aggressor, his family wants to take the lead in helping him learn and grow from this experience. He is currently participating in community service, and faith-based programs focused on battered women, substance abuse, and the empowerment of children, de'Andre is extremely embarrassed by this situation and would like to express his heartfelt apologies to everyone, including those who were directly affected, coach Fisher and his teammates, the entire Florida State University community, as well as his family and friends. – Jose Baez	Found on CNN 8 years ago
He's the most battered corpse on the site, he had the largest number of broken bones. – Andy Boucher	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Once inside the home the subject involved in this incident -- the same one allegedly out in traffic and that had battered someone -- assaulted my officer. – Police Chief Mike Koval	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Once inside the home the subject involved in this incident -- the same one allegedly out in traffic and that had battered someone -- assaulted my officer, ...The officer did draw his revolver and subsequently shot the subject. – Mike Koval	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It was an eyesore looking at the scene which is littered with chopped flesh and battered bodies of victims, about 16 bodies were evacuated from the scene while over 30 persons were injured. Most casualties were children hawking sachets of water and peanuts. Some were begging for alms. – Hassan Umar	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The fact that a sheriff's deputy allegedly battered a patient at San Francisco General Hospital is unnerving, what's worse is that he's also alleged to have perjured himself on a police report, unforgivable conduct that led to the arrest of the innocent victim. – George Gascón	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
He was just war-torn and battered, just like the town we were actually fighting over. – Pen Farthing	Found on CNN 9 years ago
One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph. – Virginia	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripples ourselves with lies.

– unknown

added by unochickie
1 year ago

This is not the moment to go to our beautiful, but battered district because it is the most infected one in all of Peru. This poses great risks and that's why I was asking people not to come.

– Mayor Forsyth

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There is certainly no reason to give the all-clear, but to breathe a sigh of relief, at least, after all, it has not become even worse in the already battered German industrial sector.

– Andreas Rees

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I think one of the by-products of the communications explosion is a sort of corruption fatigue. We've lost our ability to be shocked or enraged by the machinations of politicians. We've been battered with such frequency that we've become indifferent. We're punch drunk with scandal.

– Larry Gelbart

added by Normando
4 years ago

People love him, and from where we were, we were battered in terms of our image and he was a game-changer for the ANC.

– Fikile Mbalula

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

added by Normando
5 years ago

I told him I felt like a battered wife.

– Jamie Seet

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There was this mad rush to yieldcos and now there's a mad rush away, but there's a bunch of yieldcos that are doing just fine but have been battered by market psychology, if you've got the stomach for it, these are great buying opportunities.

– Murray Rosenblith

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's no surprise to see markets rebounding after excessive movements seen in the last few weeks, european equities have been particularly hit and we expect a faster recovery for battered financial stocks.

– Riccardo Ambrosetti

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There's a sense of relief. There's so much nervousness in the market at the moment that even slightly good news out of a bank like Commerzbank is taken very well, the German banking sector has been pretty battered, and The German banking sector's got to a point where there may be value there, so long as global economic factors start to calm down. Germany's DAX was up 1.4 percent. Traders said that growth data from Germany, which showed growth was steady and in line with expectations, provided reassurance after economic fears had pegged back markets this week. The FTSEurofirst 300 nonetheless remains down 5 percent this week, with banks still down around 7.5 percent on the week, hit by concerns over profitability in a low growth, low interest rate environment. Caution over exposure to default from the energy sector has also hindered bank stocks. On Friday, the oil and gas sector rose 3.1 percent after a rally in oil which left crude prices up over 3 percent. Growth sensitive mining stocks also rallied, up over 3 percent. In other corporate news, Rolls Royce rallied 11.9 percent after Rolls Royce results, Rolls Royce biggest one-day rise since November 2008. It stuck to its 2016 guidance, despite being forced to cut its dividend following three profit warnings last year. It said there would be no need for a rights issue.

– Mark Priest

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In the near future the strong correlation between oil prices and Saudi's equity markets should fall as bargain buyers return to buy back battered stocks.

– Shiv Prakash

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The confidence in gold as a supposed safe haven or as an investment has been battered over the last few years.

– Victor Thianpiriya

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Ironically, what you actually need to see for physical demand to pick up is for prices to rally, the confidence in gold as a supposed safe haven or as an investment has been battered over the last few years.

– Victor Thianpiriya

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

With the rand getting battered like this, firing Nene is not the right move, i've been an ANC supporter because of the older generation who were running the party. But this guy is leading the country to disaster. He's allowed too much corruption.

– Dominic Ratau

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You all know that a military general of the United States doesn't predict, he orders and the battered Venezuelan right-wing executes.

– President Nicolas Maduro

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Investors picked up the battered shares.

– Reshan Wediwardana

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

While it is clear from the video that De'Andre Johnson was not the initial aggressor, his family wants to take the lead in helping him learn and grow from this experience. He is currently participating in community service, and faith-based programs focused on battered women, substance abuse, and the empowerment of children, de'Andre is extremely embarrassed by this situation and would like to express his heartfelt apologies to everyone, including those who were directly affected, coach Fisher and his teammates, the entire Florida State University community, as well as his family and friends.

– Jose Baez

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He's the most battered corpse on the site, he had the largest number of broken bones.

– Andy Boucher

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Once inside the home the subject involved in this incident -- the same one allegedly out in traffic and that had battered someone -- assaulted my officer.

– Police Chief Mike Koval

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Once inside the home the subject involved in this incident -- the same one allegedly out in traffic and that had battered someone -- assaulted my officer, ...The officer did draw his revolver and subsequently shot the subject.

– Mike Koval

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It was an eyesore looking at the scene which is littered with chopped flesh and battered bodies of victims, about 16 bodies were evacuated from the scene while over 30 persons were injured. Most casualties were children hawking sachets of water and peanuts. Some were begging for alms.

– Hassan Umar

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The fact that a sheriff's deputy allegedly battered a patient at San Francisco General Hospital is unnerving, what's worse is that he's also alleged to have perjured himself on a police report, unforgivable conduct that led to the arrest of the innocent victim.

– George Gascón

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

He was just war-torn and battered, just like the town we were actually fighting over.

– Pen Farthing

Found on CNN
9 years ago

One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.

– Virginia

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Discuss these sample sentences with the community:

0 Comments

Notify me of new comments via email.

Editorial »

How to use the word battered in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

24 results found

Discuss these sample sentences with the community:

0 Comments

Are we missing a good definition for battered? Don't keep it to yourself...

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

The Web's Largest Resource for

Definitions & Translations

A Member Of The STANDS4 Network

Free, no signup required:

Add to Chrome

Free, no signup required:

Add to Firefox

Browse Definitions.net

Quiz

Are you a words master?

restricted to a particular condition of life