How to Use beating in a Sentence

beating

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  • Straight, to the point, and no beating around the bush.
    — Tanay Howard, Parents, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Yep, the strike saved the Rangers from further beatings.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The video that captured the beating came from Osama Abu Asa’s car.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The beatings took place as often as two or three times a week.
    — Paulina Villegas, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • The beating went too far, and the girl was fatally injured.
    — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
  • For years, none of them knew the origins of his expertise: a beating in Auschwitz.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • He was charged as a juvenile in both the house party and park beatings.
    — Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2024
  • When Ricky Gervais was the host, Hollywood took a bit of a beating.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The song’s title comes from an Édith Piaf song and represents the sound of a heart beating.
    — Vulture, 14 June 2023
  • Set it on the counter for at least half an hour, then give it a good beating with the mixer to loosen it up before adding the pumpkin puree.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 June 2023
  • The head conveniently tilts, the bowl locks to its base, and there are 10 speeds that range from slow stirring to high beating.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2023
  • Officials said the EMTs failed to render aid to Nichols, who died three days after the beating.
    — Adrian Sainz, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The facts: After the beating, officers propped Nichols against a police car, and one asked the fire department to come to the scene.
    — Ashley Parker and Justine McDaniel, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Police spoke with a witness who lived in the neighborhood where the beating occurred and shot video and photos of the scene.
    — Adrian Sainz, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Videos of the police stop and beating of Nichols shocked and horrified people across the nation.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 2 May 2023
  • In their 60s, the rivals and friends shared another bond: fighting—and beating—cancer at the same time.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 7 July 2023
  • After the beating, he was fettered in iron chains around his ankles, which would rub his skin raw.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • When her team put the prediction to the test in real cells called cardiomyocytes, the beating of the heart cells grew weaker.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Think of a very thin layer of muscle that is able to contract and expand with a rhythm almost like the beating of your heart.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 28 June 2023
  • There was talk of rapes and beatings when the passengers failed to comply, and sometimes those things did happen.
    — Jared Lemus, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The Casanova died from the beating; police arrested the husband.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Nichols, an avid skateboarder and FedEx worker, died three days after the beating on Jan. 10.
    — Micaela A Watts, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • First, though, came missteps: dishing out the beating recounted at the bloody start of this tale, and a month-long cocaine bender.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 1 May 2023
  • Aging kiters, whose bodies can’t take the beating anymore, are also making the switch.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • When the beatings began, the guards accused him of being a traitor by exposing conditions in Eritrea to the world.
    — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • By this time, some of the students may already have been dead from injuries sustained during their beatings.
    — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Speaking their tribal language could lead to a beating.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Cobblestone gave the wheels a great beating, but everything held up.
    — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Up until the moments of his beating, Wilson calmly walked away from the mob, bending to pick up and re-don his hat every time he was shoved.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Four mental health technicians were charged with felonies in connection to the beating.
    — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 13 June 2023

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