battered

Definition:
1. Old, used a lot, and not in very good condition.
2. Damaged by blows or hard usage.
3. Damaged especially by hard usage.
4. Beaten repeatedly with heavy blows.

Use 'battered' in a sentence:

• 1. The heavy waves battered the ship to pieces.
• 2. But will the battered country hold together?
• 3. The fireman finally battered the door down.
• 4. Tornadoes battered the area, but the hospital was spared.
• 5. The engine was badly battered.
• 6. Police battered down the door of the thieves'hide-out.
• 7. Read about the return of some confidence to battered markets.
• 8. They rescued him, then winched on board his battered dinghy.
• 9. The shopping carts are battered cast-offs from other stores.
• 10. It's a shelter for battered women.
• 11. The other wore a battered hat, his face hid in its shadow.
• 12. A battered old hat.
• 13. But China's own economy is being battered by the turmoil.
• 14. A karate expert battered a man to death.
• 15. Greek politicians are feeling battered, too.
• 16. That night I was battered and bloodied but elated.
• 17. These photos have been folded and battered in the post.
• 18. He drove up in a battered old car.
• 19. The car must have been battered about in the race.
• 20. Battered pine floors slanted down to a Georgian window.
• 21. He battered her around the head.
• 22. A tearful husband repeated calls for help in catching the fiend who battered his wife.
• 23. The country has been battered by winds of between fifty and seventy miles an hour.
• 24. Thousands are desperately trying to leave their battered homes and villages.
• 25. He had been badly battered about the head and face.
• 26. She battered up her car in the accident.
• 27. It was a big black battered hearse& like automobile. There were three men in it.
• 28. The falling rocks battered the roof of the house.
• 29. The heart battered like a fist against the chest wall.
• 30. Enemy fire battered the walls of the fort.
• 31. He had been badly battered around the head and face.
• 32. He was battered unconscious.
• 33. Eventually Suzanne fled to a refuge for battered women.
• 34. Somebody had battered her to death.
• 35. The passengers were battered by flying luggage and cargo as the cabin lost pressure.
• 36. She battered at the door with her fists.
• 37. Rockets and shells continued to hit the battered port.
• 38. Her battered body was discovered in a field.
• 39. Frank Mariano negotiates the desert terrain in his battered pickup.
• 40. He pulled on a battered old crash helmet with a scratched visor.