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Example sentences for: battered

How can you use “battered” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Legal services programs nationally have been battered by economic pressures and escalating demand.
The Nationalists regained the battered city after the Japanese surrender in 1945.
His face looks bruised and battered, and his small, sunken eyes show the marks where glasses were just removed.
Other programs focus on battered women and children, the disabled, day laborers, community improvement groups and crime victims.
Paid only $25 an hour, Scheck helped Nussbaum escape prosecution for Lisa's death, and shifted blame to her companion, Joel Steinberg, who had battered and abused Nussbaum.