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Sentence Examples The sailors escaped back out to sea in their battered longboat, praying for rescue by a passing ship. He arranged a satisfyingly battered set of antique phonograph horns amid the weathered beams of this peaked room. With her long features and battered trilby, she also makes a plausibly boyish Ganymede. It had been hard and she had been battered, but she came thru it whole and complete. But to my surprise, instead he got out a battered pair of drumsticks, with which he beat a brief tattoo on the top of my head. It marks the annual consumption of a battered sav for every Australian in the country. Forget the good old battered sav, the company is planning to revolutionise festival food. I fell into a fish and chip shop, where I purchased and proceeded to eat a battered sav and chips. There wasn't a fish shop for miles, although the local supermarket was full of breaded plaice and battered scampi. Elsewhere, analysts saw little respite for battered tech and telecoms shares, which have struggled amid the gloomy corporate earnings picture. A little malt vinegar, a little tartar sauce, and some Heinz Ketchup and we were in a world of battered goodness. Many of the company had been bruised and battered as they tumbled along the listing deck and slid down manropes into the lifeboat. This deck appears as a slightly battered and marked casino deck from The Sands that consists entirely of face cards. He would have liked his normal holster but with his battered Barbour jacket and pullover it would have been impractical and conspicuous. She goes out barelegged, oblivious of the bitter weather, and at times wears a washed leather trench coat or a battered leather jacket, too. So he drives a battered Volvo, travels second class on the train and when he flies he always goes economy. Better times were back for North Yorkshire's battered tourist industry over the May Day Bank Holiday. As night fell, the wind began to howl and snow and sleet battered the bateaux wherein Washington's amphibious force sat, prepared to fight. Gangling and physical, she throws her limbs about and struggles out of her battered army jacket. Then the bowl is thrust at me with battered wooden chopsticks and a porcelain spoon. Show More Sentences In our own kids' bookshelves, they're the most battered, thumbed and falling-apart books, so often have they been read. An armed robber who battered a security guard repeatedly with a stick was yesterday jailed for eight and a half years. A security guard was battered to death in a row with a gang of Kosovan teenagers, a court heard. The victim, understood to be an Irishman in his 40s, was battered to death shortly before midnight on Monday. He writes that his mother was indeed a prostitute who abandoned him at the age of five and who was battered to death 37 years ago. He was battered to death in his Islington home by his friend and companion, who then committed suicide. The teenager was battered to the ground twice by the gang in an apparently unprovoked attack. A backpacker from Warminster has been battered to death while travelling across Thailand. That was because of the bruised and battered right thumb Harrington injured smashing it into a tree playing Thomas Levet on Friday. A schoolgirl has been left bruised and battered after she was subjected to a 10-minute beating by a gang of girls. An indictment could make it difficult for CA to borrow money and would be a severe blow to its already battered reputation. This year the lament and longing for the South, now standing so battered by Hurricane Katrina, strikes me with unusual poignancy. In fact everyone is depending on the military to come through and prevent another wave of violence engulfing this already battered nation. The North Coast representative team is back from Gosford a little battered and bruised, but having performed competitively in every match. Museums and galleries, already battered and bruised by the 1980s, largely gave into New Labour's agenda. She expected a retort, another blow to her already battered body, but neither came. I was recently talking to a friend in London who works with battered wives and children. New York's approach might well cause other states to revisit harsh approaches to removals of children from the battered parent. She was often helping a battered wife or a person battling drug addiction or someone needing a place to stay for the night. If children are abused and wives are battered, that has nothing to do with insufficient information. Show More Sentences Rai, who plays the role of a battered wife in the drama, has become a Cannes regular in recent years. Frankly, though, this strikes me as some sort of bizarre battered spouse response. That history was one of poverty and violence, of battered women and abandoned children. Why should police privacy be better-protected than that of battered spouses or deported passengers? This arrangement proved to be both damaging and unhelpful for the battered wife. As a result, shelter workers know all too well of the confusion and conflicting loyalties surrounding an individual battered wife. Children from families experiencing domestic violence were recruited from battered women's shelters. But it was only after the wine glass attack, on December 27, 2003, his battered partner decided she could take no more abuse. Then there was the suit, which he wore well for a guy who lived in battered jeans and worn-out shirts. He fishes into a battered black holdall, pulls out the manifesto and triumphantly taps his forefinger on the table. But showing up when it doesn't matter will not repair the damage to his battered image. The flint axehead used had been left at the barrow, its battered and damaged cutting edge precisely fitting some of the cutmarks on the wood. The screen rises and reveals a woman clad in battered basketball boots, pushed-down white socks, a denim skirt and an old guitar. I don't have a wallet, just a battered black leather organiser, which I've had for almost 30 years. I followed him quietly around the other car park until we stopped beside a battered looking black car. I never saw him in anything but jeans, shirts with snaps, boots, and a battered old hat. If your mouse pad is battered from years of hard use, consider purchasing a new one. He reappeared a moment later, clutching a rather dusty and battered deck of cards. For an instant, his painted, red-nailed forefinger catches the light as it strikes middle C on his old, battered harmonium. The meat was grey and gristly, like it had been beaten with a mallet, mashed into a steak-like shape and then battered and deep-fried. Show More Sentences After 5 or 6 pints you will feel the need for battered sausages and chips, that's natural. You can select battered sausages, battered onion rings, battered mushroom and more. Others in the no-no category are deep fried or battered foods, pies and pasties, crisps and hot chips. I found gravy on my t-shirt next morning so I'm guessing chips, and possibly a battered sausage, were involved in the walk home. But after that, full health is restored and young gentlemen are ready for a luncheon of a dozen lamb chops and a battered pudding. The catch of choice here is cod, battered and cooked at high heat until the exterior takes on a golden hue. As for dessert, the battered banana with honey was faultless and is highly recommended. Mom, who usually gets battered and deep-fried prawns when she eats Chinese, said these were the best she's had. We began with a steamed sea prawn and a battered deep fried river prawn with dipping sauce. I like my chips open or wrapped, with a crisp wedge of battered cod perched precariously on top. Pelham used artillery brought by sea and within two days had battered down the bawn and the western landward side of the castle. Dark forms capered amidst the flames, pausing only to hack at the battered forms of those that had tried in vain to defend the fortress. Back to the toy stall and a battered old bear grabs your attention and you can't resist putting your hand into your pocket again. He beat her head against the hole-in-the-wall machine, leaving her bruised and battered. Police are to swamp a town with posters in a bid to identify the brutes who battered a father to death in front of his family. The story goes that as a boy, he saw a local nobleman set his dog on a peasant woman who was knocked to the ground and battered. The rain was beginning to belt down now in a devastating flurry, as if the heavens themselves were at war with this battered earth. The General was said to be battered and bruised, but was not one of the unfortunate 420000 who fell during the battle. He was a droll sight, with a battered shako and trousers made of old gunny sacks tied up with twine. It might also hold clues to the future of the battered, long-suffering transatlantic relationship. Show More Sentences He turned, motioning toward Lady Grey who waited a few feet away, leaning against the battered shell of a rusted vehicle. Her feet were bound by irons, dress ripped ripped, and battered towards one side, while the other side draped down, just above the ankles. Today he described how he tried to fight off the carjackers as they battered him with a monkey wrench. Two masked men dragged the insurance broker from his car and battered him on the head with a monkey wrench in an attempt to steal his car. I thought Monte Cristo sandwiches are supposed to be lightly battered then deep-fried? Looking battered but unbowed, he technically needs to win just a simple majority of the votes cast today. The 1948 Olympics were held in London to honor the survival of a city badly battered by the blitz. My feet sunk into the countless, forgiving blades as a cricket chirped and brown moths battered themselves against the dim porch light. I sat down on the frightfully uncomfy seat and placed the sword on the battered wooden table. The battered and corroded drum, marked with a skull and crossbones, was discovered shortly after 9am. The great doors swung open, and there upon an embalming slab lay her battered body. For number crunching, in lieu of calculators, he relied on a slide rule, its case battered. One afternoon, we walked in to find her standing on the battered old dining room table, painting the ceiling a sludgy shade of snot green. His face looks like a boxer's battered glove, crumpled and creased but boyish and mischievous. He slowed down to a walk and saw children playing soccer with a battered ball. I'm sitting in the shade of a battered old ngaio tree that is toughing it out on the rocks above Otanerito beach. The farm owner said hailstones the size of hen's eggs battered his valuable grazing veld and totally destroyed his crops. But in the bruisingly fast world of battered global computer companies, a formidable weight rests on the slender shoulders of this 39-year-old. In winter the island is buffeted by arctic winds, and in early summer the north coast is battered by icebergs floating down from Greenland. Adam Lee burst into the crowd and pulled the bleeding Rebel from the battered Yankee. Show More Sentences His shirt was ripped and battered, his jeans about the same, with stains splotched all over them. The accompanying pale yellow fries are crisp, lightly battered, fast-foody and sprinkled with sea salt. Four men were seen getting out of a battered Vauxhall Vectra car before squaring up to three others in a 4x4, believed to have been a Landrover. Nick managed to move his battered body quickly enough to launch his own counter-blast, successfully stalemating the battleship's beam. A slender calico cat, battered by years of battling rats, gave birth to one litter after another, of which few kittens survived. In the early rounds the oddsmakers seemed right as Czyz knocked down and battered Williams. Think of someone who was once young and vital, now old, battered, semi-literate and living off the social. I suspect people are eyeing my battered Coach carryall with a flag-scarf tied round it. With the UN solution's credibility battered, the argument for Kosovo's independence is gathering strength. As he came closer, I could see that he had an impressive moustache and was wearing a string vest and a battered cowboy hat. The herstory of the battered women's movement in Florida is a cautionary tale. He took out a battered red book with pages sticking out from the sides and a foreign inscription on the cover. As you look up at it, the inside of the roof looks like a checkerboard whose squares have been battered and then flown apart. I am hunched against the biting wind, and all my possessions are next to me in a battered suitcase. The wind battered the stable and brought down dead matter from the oak that overspread it. An hour or so later, we saw him again, dressed in his Sunday-go-to-meeting suit and carrying his saxophone in its battered old case. Capital, as Marx predicted, has battered down all walls, Chinese walls included. Spinach pakora, tasty, battered and deep-fried, come in a basket, prefect for sharing. Arm outstretched hopelessly, I stand trying to flag down packed, battered buses as they groan past, belching suffocating fumes. Two battered motor vehicles chugged down one side of the street, throwing out huge clouds of dirty black smoke. Show More Sentences The hillside behind the barn is strewn with farm equipment in various states of repair, and the milking parlor is in a battered barn. Something began to scream at us harshly, and then we saw it was a peacock, like a displaced king, perched on the battered wall surrounding. It swung open to reveal a battered, cobwebby wooden staircase that wound down into a shadowy cave beneath the surface. Copper saucepan lids, ancient colanders and battered tubas hang from the whitewashed walls and ceiling. Broken and battered, he is receiving as little notice for his comeback attempt as he did for his fall from grace. Physically battered with no support, she picked up the threads of her life, working as a teacher in a private school. Her battered old acoustic guitar lay on her untidily made bed along with several of the Tolkein novels and a box of guitar picks. Other ferry boat owners in Ayia Napa said they had seen girls returning from a night on the high seas battered and bruised. We may be battered practically into insentience, and we may simultaneously be hurting beyond what anyone could imagine. Then there was that Fijian woman who I met at the Thrift Store, which support battered women and children. The stereotype of battered wives as fragile, passive, placatory and docile does not do justice to their actual role in marriage relationships. But when Dev arrives at his shop it explodes in a fireball, which sends him flying across the road, leaving him battered and bruised. The fortified city was battered by fireballs from the Brits' three camps along the river. A plucky pensioner told today how he was battered in the face by an armed robber as he bravely prevented a post office raid. We have some amazing pictures of palm trees being battered by 45 mph winds, a marked contrast to identical photos taken when the sun was shining. During the last year, Pye has piloted his battered 1992 Buick Roadmaster to more than four dozen UFO convocations. It was not a game for amateurs, but for iron men and battered, thick-hulled workboats, if at all. On the front was a sepia-toned photo of Jennings, his band, and a battered posse of cronies gathered around a bar. A side order of courgette fritters might have been more delicately and less greasily battered but this too was enjoyable in a chipshop way. The town drunk was a battered old sot of a cowhand whose horse carried him home, passed out in the saddle, on Saturday nights. Show More Sentences My dog had been trimmed and was battered looking, being a fox terrier it is possible that he was used as a fighting dog. People are snooping on our lives, and you can too with cheap laptops, a few crocodile clips and a battered old van. Tonight, there is awed silence, with only the crunch of discarded beer cups under foot intruding on the sound of one man and his battered guitar. The boy was battered as well, scratches and bruises showing through the pajamas he wore and blood crusting the corner of his mouth. Visitors are battered by a cacophony of cries by hawkers trying to flog a variety of the ubiquitous plastic trinkets and squeaking toys. Curried Vidalia-onion fritters, lightly battered and skillfully fried, come with a sweet-sour tamarind dipping sauce. The clash at the Orient Theatre two years ago left Funeka so battered, though he won, that some boxing fundis thought he would never box again. When he had completed his packing, Ian lolled in his striped pyjamas on the bed listening to hospital radio through a pair of battered earphones. They came breaded and deep fried, along with a sound celeriac remoulade, cold battered onion rings, salad and dabs of tartare sauce. He wears plus-fours, lace-up boots, a game bag slung over his shoulder, and a battered hat that might once have been described as a deerstalker. One of the coins was in a wonderfully good state of preservation, while the other was battered and misshapen. Pulling up outside the shop was a decrepit, battered motorcycle with sidecar and a rider of the same genre. Along for the ride are a battered old piano, an oboe, a glockenspiel and a banjo. I'd leverage my stupid personality to get rid of this battered punim any day. Greene found himself helping to push-start the clinic's worn-out ambulance, a battered old mini-van whose back seats had been removed. Eden was also battered by winds of up to 100 mph, bringing down trees and electricity pylons and cutting off homes during the weekend. Like any boxer, even the greats like Ali, Frazier, Sugar Ray and Joe Louis, he has been physically battered in the ring. You should, in the pecking order of these things, have both an open packet of local cigarettes and a battered classic travel book at your elbow. This is the man police believe could hold the key to the grisly murder of two men, whose battered bodies were found in a York bedsit. Three battered gunmetal grey filing cabinets stood against one badly-plastered wall, and I knew the first two were mostly empty. Show More Sentences Two of the Western Isles were so battered by ferocious storms this January that the Atlantic Ocean has encroached more than ever. The month got off to a cold and gusty start as strong winds battered the Swindon area. An antiquated water fountain and a battered Coke machine dispensed beverages on hot days. The yellowed pages were dog-eared and extremely battered, and I replaced it gingerly on the shelf as I went to answer the door. Still, with the stock battered and rating agencies considering further downgrades, that could rapidly change. Ahead, the brown-painted cinderblocks of a ranger station rose, inviting, a battered drinking fountain by the door. Eight hours later an exhausted, drowsy, battered Adam sat slumped on a bench near the door leading on to the terrace. Met by a wall of silence, one soldier battered Ali to the floor with his rifle and tried to beat the information out of him. A clothesline is the strongest indication that this battered house is occupied, although jackdaws seem to be nesting in the chimney. The coast of Belize can be battered by some pretty brutal winds but even on a mild day things fell off the washing lines. The author, like the sailor, could end up badly battered, or be greatly praised for his courage, skill and achievement. For Italy it was a day of bitter disappointment as they ran out again battered and bruised by more adept opponents. I grabbed my stuff, quickly cramming it into my well-worn and battered backpack, turning around to Rachael. The homemade onion rings are even better, cut thin and lightly battered so there's a nice balance between crust and juicy onion. The plump and harried mother, dressed in a denim jumper, drives a battered Econo-Van with numerous dents. A year of financial crises, political scandal and swine flu scares have battered national confidence. Then he smiled for the first time, giving his battered face a handsomely rakish air and shook his head. There she would encounter the future Queen, five years her junior, who entertained the battered troops at the piano. Unlike the other sections, the stern was much battered, showing steel ribs extending up from the keel to around a metre in height. To my left was a battered pair, both of whom had dark rings under their eyes and swollen faces. Show More Sentences A group of men drink aguardiente and sing boisterously near the water's edge to the accompaniment of a battered guitar. Moreover, it comes at a time when science itself is being battered by the winds of change. The prime minister pledged to reboot his battered party by shaking up its ranks. The town's flat streets sit between two mountain ranges, and are battered by the wind tunnel they create. Three years ago, they bought a battered complex of medieval, Tudor, Jacobean and Georgian buildings, and gave it the kiss of life. At the end, a grinning Italian fan had presented Kirwan with a battered wooden spoon. Then, using pen and ink, she covered the paper with marks that imitate a battered and worn woodgrain surface. She groped through her pile of dirty clothes for her battered gym shoes and wrenched them on forcefully. The operation was carried out as strong winds battered Scotland, tearing a cargo ship from its anchorage in the Orkney islands. He is leading the official U.S. delegation to the areas battered by the tsunami. Hampshire was battered by high-speed winds and heavy rain yesterday as violent storms hit the county. Closer to home, the Irish Times, once the stately ship of Irish journalism, continues to be battered by storms and controversy. An hour or so of being battered by wind and rain, with only one small fish each, we decided to call it a day. Rain battered, lightning flashed and thunder rolled, but everyone nodded into a peaceful sleep after a while. She felt like a moth to the flame, knowing that the more time she spent with him, the more battered her world would become. He was wearing a pair of extremely battered blue jeans that were ripped in a few places. Like most front-men, he had an ego that could swallow the battered planet, and didn't want any lip from the troops. Heavy downpours, hail, rockfalls and strong winds battered the province yesterday and more showers and snow are expected. Heavy downpours, gale force winds and rockfalls battered parts of the Eastern Cape throughout the weekend. Now that she could see his face, she discovered he was vaguely handsome, in a rugged, battered kind of way. Show More Sentences To his eyes she appeared as lorn and abused as a battered child as he cleaned her gently and changed the sheets. The roads near the railway station are in a battered condition though he says most of the places were asphalted recently. The ramshackle trucks, coughing asthmatically, clambered on over China's battered, tortuous highways. The eastern slope below Playfair's buildings has been pierced by a rusticated colonnade of battered piers framing large windows. Often we are not battered to the point that we display horrendous scars, visible bruises or lumps and bumps. The earth bakes under the late summer sun, battered by the sudden violence of summer storms. Jim Gordon cuts a weatherbeaten figure, with his tired eyes and battered mackintosh. Her clothes were battered, her face bruised and her boots old, but she held herself proudly. Certainly, she has an axe to grind, and a battered reputation to rebuild, and so like most political memoirs this one is one-sided. Slabs of cod are battered and cooked until they take on a golden hue, then served with a lemon wedge and creamy tartar sauce. After a couple of weeks out of the game I came out of the blocks like a prize fighter wielding a mixed metaphor simile cliche and battered everyone in my path. Inside are piles of battered registers, marked with the date in blue. I'm off to Paris tomorrow evening for a meeting on Thursday morning and I really didn't relish the thought of taking my battered boots along with me. This week, books that encapsulate the enthusiasm of youth and the battered truth of age, from Danielewski to Daniel Mendelsohn. Guitars are battered and skins leathered, as you'd expect, but whereas lesser-experienced acts might slip into chaos, Call Me Lightning maintain control of their compositions. For dessert, we tried the fried banana, three lengthwise slices of battered and fried banana sprinkled with bits of roasted peanuts and smothered in sugar syrup. Slightly apart stand a line of khaki-clad men, ancients with grizzled beards and yellow, rheumy eyes, dressed in tattered uniforms and battered solar topis. This is a brilliant accompaniment for sizzling, crisp breaded chicken and Parmesan fillets, served with deep fried lightly battered cauliflower sprigs. The crisis center Pisklakova works at offers telephone counselors, psychologists, and lawyers who offer assistance to battered women, if only temporarily. To rehabilitate his battered public image, he needs to do more than take selfies on the steps of City Hall. Show More Sentences On the lower tier of the stand we had Italian fans waving sticks at the local police, punching them, kicking them and lobbing flares before being battered into submission. The battered masonry walls rise dramatically from the landscape. Suddenly there was hardly a logging truck to be seen on Route 101, and the town's once-busy main street became a battered colonnade of crumbling facades and closed businesses. A switchback ramp scales a battered wall of rough granite blocks and you wonder if defenders will appear on the ramparts above and drive you off with rocks. He fetched an extremely battered antique book from his bookshelf. Their homes may have been battered, bruised, and in many instances completely munted, but they are committed to rebuilding their homes and their lives. The line of battered old vans and the knots of people smoking roll-ups in the foyer only served to confirm what the security services already knew. It was a nicely made coat, thick and warm, but it was battered and beaten. The writing is worse than asinine, and the direction assumes an audience who won't get the jokes unless they are battered with them for several minutes. He kicked off the battered boots and massaged his aching joints. Kurei pulled on his old battered trainers and black denim jacket. Thunder rumbled ominously, and the wind and rain battered the windows. The chorus of the surrounding forest assaulted my battered brain. From inside his coat he produced her bonnet, battered and dirty. By the end, players will find themselves skirting around gaping chasms and outracing avalanches while being battered senseless by Mother Nature's best. Not surprisingly, this gruesome war against the darkest recesses of the human spirit has left him a battered old hound, riddled with scars and guilt. The cutlets came with battered onion rings oozing grease, mushrooms that could have been boiled for all the taste they had, a plain-grilled tomato and a pile of thin chips. My body feels older somehow, like a battered and slightly unreliable car. Commuters were battered on the then unsheltered platforms at Flinders Street railway station, horses bolted, and hailstones filled the cable tram tracks. In a small town in the north-east of England, Billy, the 11-year-old son of a coal miner goes to boxing lessons, clutching 50 pence and a pair of battered boxing gloves. Show More Sentences This eclectic appetizer is made up of deep-fried golden pieces of battered white fish laid out over small mats of tender baby eggplant, also fried in a batter. The best I could come up with was one battered and bruised pack of tiny satsumas and I refused to buy that because the shopkeeper wouldn't reduce the price. It has been an important test of the Scottish parliament, from which it has emerged battered but intact after a challenge to its legitimacy from the moral majoritarians. Underneath the battered grand piano was an unemptied chamber pot. They are untiring fighters for the rights of battered women. Then there were one or two battered tambourines for those of us who might later on in life decide to join the Salvation Army, and there was a guiro too. Antonio has produced ceramic containers to symbolise this, the containers are at once delicate and fragile, battered and worn, but also sturdy and durable. Forestry officials were baffled yesterday by reports that an employee battered his wife to death and killed himself over fears they would lose their tied cottage. Sure marriage, said I, is not sufficiently encouraged, or we should never behold such crowds of battered beaux and decayed coquets still attempting to drive a trade. Alain was leaning nonchalantly against a tree, smoking his battered pipe. For visitors from the south, battered by the stresses of city living, this seems to add up to an idea of holiday paradise, even if it is just a way of life for the Balinese. Other refuges have been battered by oil drilling, toxic spills and massive floods, and few have had the political or financial muscle to defend themselves. When we stood at the bow of the ship we peered over the edge and watched the maidenhead get battered, the wooden carving taking the abuse in stride. The ideal of the body beautiful is contrasted with the reality of the battered, bulging, diseased, ageing, and, yes, often toothless bodies of real humans. Taking a running dive, I narrowly missed being hit by it, and instead found myself back on the grass, seeing stars as pain rushed through my battered body. Yesterday's rally was part explained by slightly better US manufacturing data, suggesting the battered sector might be showing a mere hint of improvement. The luggage bay is covered by a retractable tonneau, and optional cargo nets prevent smaller objects from being battered during spirited cornering. Under the freeway bridges, huddles of young men have parked up their cars, set up garden chairs, and are picnicking to hip-hop from battered stereos. One of the local toms has a particular dislike for her and has battered her intermittently quite badly, and so began the hunt by torchlight for her. Entering it, one finds microscopes and computers, a battered, overstuffed sofa and easy chair, and a row of cabinets with tiers of shallow drawers. Show More Sentences Adding to his already battered pride, he tottered back into the bedroom on unsteady matchstick legs, attempting to regain maybe a little of his lost composure. Her body was found at her home where she had been battered to death. As we know now, she had been battered to death by her husband. I have friends who frequently have four or five or fourteen day benders, emerging corpselike and battered but somehow recovering enough to do it again. Hardcover and paperback, spotless and battered, beautiful books and cheaply printed books, crude paper-bound galleys with pages scribbled in mysterious annotations. She bashed and battered the pole for a long time until at last, with a scream, she slashed across the pole with a strength that she did not know she had. She's that girl who sat at the back of your science class sketching in her battered and folded cahier, not giving a second thought to anyone else's opinion. Thunder, lightning and hailstones battered the field at Carpvale on Sunday making long pole fishing a game for only the most foolhardy for long spells of the contest. Indeed, it has been argued that in some cases where women kill a spouse or partner who has battered them, the elements of self-defence may be made out. Several pieces of galvanise sheets were strewn along the shore as the battered boats, some of which were overturned, sat atop piles of debris and slush. When their cousin is battered to death and left on the moors for the crows, they stick together and refuse to co-operate with policeman Ben Cooper. He came home 15 hours later, battered and bruised, and later went back. His only priority should be the future wellbeing of the country and its people of all cultures, ages and wealth, not the battered and bruised egos of past conquests. I even quite like the ostentatiously distressed trestles and folding chairs they use outside, and the formulaic battered club chairs in the window. The last time he had been in his room he had been bruised and battered, staying only long enough to grab his money and some basic essentials before fleeing to the Bronx. Cronulla have taken the route of least resistance after a mammoth meeting against the Roosters last weekend left them bruised and battered but very content. Her jeans are frayed, and her shining feet are shod in battered sandals. He was renowned for wearing a battered trilby and long overcoat, and carrying a suitcase containing painting equipment, a bottle of Guinness and cold sausages. Police in Basingstoke are called by at least one battered partner a day. A nuisance to Artie and Bunny, she is a battered underdog who would prefer to be one of the animals her husband tends. Show More Sentences The King returns to Cleveland, a battered Kobe battles in the West, and the Zen Master is christened the savior of New York. I disturb their efforts to get their children and the few clothes they have with them clean using hoses and battered buckets. With a spreadsheet and an obsession with basketball, Jeff Stotts can predict how long it will take a battered athlete to return. Already battered by the economic crisis, some won't be able to weather a drop in cash flow if enrollments tumble. Speculation is mounting over the leadership of the Labour group on Hull Council which has been left bruised and battered by the recent electoral defeat. The battered bivouac has been replaced with a modern tent and a pickup. All 15 are eventually released, tired, bruised, battered and traumatised. When he refused to hand over money the trio dragged him to the ground and launched into a vicious assault leaving the victim battered and bruised. And their crispy shards of battered courgette are to die for. The cannons still battered the fort because they could feel the stone beneath them rumble in response to each hit, and then the loud explosion that came after. They include referrals from Social Services and New Deal, pupils who do not attend school, special needs teenagers, battered wives and asylum seekers. She explains that her experience is not uncommon among battered wives. The only alternative was for the whole wedding party to stand around in the nasty battered reception, paying extortionate prices for bottles of beer from the check-in guys. The cornmeal cakes, which can be grilled, fried, or battered, are found all over South America. Each year, the tropics are battered by up to 40 hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones, while floods and landslides occur everywhere in numbers too great to keep track of. The spokesman said prawns remained by far the biggest seller, followed by scampi, the Chip Shop battered fish range and ready meals such as Ocean Pie. Their battered condition lends credence to the story, for why else would they have been saved, if not for their association with the martyred slave? Across the region, residents dealt with downed branches, knocked-over trees, malfunctioning traffic signals, leaky roofs, crumpled carports and battered mobile homes. Many of the famous blizzards and northeasters that battered the East Coast and sank ships in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean throughout history were bomb cyclones. We must also develop our own internal domestic violence policies so we can do more to assist the women who may become battered while they work for us. Find more words! 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