1) He placed a battered felt hat on his head.

2) He was battered to death with a rifle-butt.

3) He was battered to death .

4) Police battered down the door of the thieves' hideout.

5) He battered his head against the stone wall.

6) She felt emotionally battered.

7) His only possession was a battered old suitcase of clothes.

8) Rockets and shells continued to hit the battered port.

9) The man battered his former wife about.

10) The robbers battered his face into a mummy.

11) Somebody had battered her to death.

12) The heavy waves battered the ship to pieces.

13) As a child she was battered by her father.

14) Enemy fire battered the walls of the fort.

15) One after another,[http:///battered.html] tropical storms battered the Pacific coastline.

16) She battered at the door with her fists.

17) The victim's face was battered to a pulp.

18) The children battered the window with ball.

19) Thousands are desperately trying to leave their battered homes.

20) The waves battered against the shoreline.

21) Armed police battered his door down.

22) Our troops battered down the enemy defensive works.

23) The old hat was battered beyond recognition.

24) He battered her around the head.

25) We battered through all our difficulties.

26) She battered up her car in the accident.

27) The winds battered the trees.

28) Her battered body was discovered in a field.

29) She battered away at his chest with her fists.

30) The children battered away at the door for admittance.

1) He placed a battered felt hat on his head.

2) He was battered to death with a rifle-butt.

3) He was battered to death .

4) Police battered down the door of the thieves' hideout.

5) He battered his head against the stone wall.

6) She felt emotionally battered.

7) His only possession was a battered old suitcase of clothes.

8) The heavy waves battered the ship to pieces.

9) The winds battered the trees.

10) We battered the door down.

11) He battered up his car in the race.

31) His battered old hat had completely lost its shape.

32) She battered the vase to pieces.

33) Your car looks rather battered.

34) The bicycle had been battered out of shape.

35) The soldiers battered upon the enemy's fort.

36) She set up a sanctuary for battered wives.

37) He drove up in a battered old car.

38) We battered the door down.

39) He battered up his car in the race.

40) The huge waves battered the wrecked ship to pieces.

41) Mason cuts a battered but defiant figure.

42) Stories of abused and battered children are shockingly familiar.

42) Wish you will love and make progress everyday!

43) The fireman finally battered the door down.

44) She wore a battered old robe.

45) He was battered on the head with a cricket bat.

46) A tearful husband repeated calls for help in catching the fiend who battered his wife.

47) The country has been battered by winds of between fifty and seventy miles an hour.

48) Some donors, battered by so many appeals for help, may find themselves battling compassion fatigue.

49) While the battered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police.

50) The waves battered against the rocks at the bottom of the cliff.

51) He had been badly battered about the head and face.

52) He wore a torn suit and carried a battered briefcase.

53) Frank Mariano negotiates the desert terrain in his battered pickup.

54) The ship was battered against the rocks by heavy surf.

55) A battered old guitar was his most treasured possession .

56) It's very hard for battered women to rebuild their lives without a good support network.

57) He pulled on a battered old crash helmet with a scratched visor.

58) After the hurricane, thousands were rescued from the battered coastal towns.

59) He waved a hand toward his battered microscope.

60) On the way, we overtook a battered old Renault.

61) A battered old Chevrolet rattled past.

62) Battered budget accommodation in a plush area.

63) The center is a sanctuary for battered women.

64) A battered jacket was slung over one shoulder.

65) Her restive fingers toyed with the battered keys.

66) One-third of wives in developing countries are physically battered.

67) Examine filthy battered weekend trousers and deformed suede shoes.

68) This time he battered Mr Simpson to death.

69) It was a small, battered tin money-box.

70) Next morning the sun rose to see a variety of signs hanging, not always squarely, on the battered quarry gate.

71) The coast has been battered by torrential rain all week.

72) Two days later the bishop was battered to death in his home./battered.html

73) Battered by losses in the aerospace and shipbuilding industries in the early 1990s, the area has rebounded considerably.

74) And then along came an old battered AC30, which Lance, my guitar tech, gave to me.

75) Phil, the square's resident bad egg, retrieved the battered lad from the cop shop.

76) He was battered unconscious.

77) As a result, his party may look battered, easy prey for the Democrats.

78) If I had screamed or tried to escape he would have battered me to death.

79) For more than a year now Mr Kohl has been locked in a battle to rescue his battered reputation for posterity.

80) His chum Charlie Price provided the engineering know-how to help get some of the battered old relics going.

81) But outside the battered congress building few passersby look twice at yet another standoff between demonstrators and riot police.

82) I paid $40 a week for a tiny room with a lumpy couch and a battered old desk.

83) Johnny fished in his trouser pocket for a somewhat battered packet of cigarettes and a slim gold lighter.

84) Eddie remembers thinking to herself as she was battered and pushed all over the court during that game.

85) A heavy overcast like a poison gas cloud was stationary over the battered city.

86) He carried the same battered green journal with him on all his travels.

87) My sister-in-law made a spread, and the three battered travelers sat down to eat.

88) We pick our way across the cement floor and into the battered portacabin.

89) The sun was also blazing on to this cliff, and I was feeling distinctly battered.

90) 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 cripple ourselves with lies. Jim Morrison 

91) Battered and beleaguered, Arsenal had been put firmly in their place.

92) There were the battered lockers, the comfortable chairs and sofas that lacked some of their stuffing.

93) Clutching his new bear, he left the hospital for the Garth House, a Beaumont facility for battered and abused children.

94) Treatment was geared to boosting John's immune system which was being battered by various systemic fungi and intestinal parasites.

95) The ancient grey flannels and shirt, the battered panama, the lined face ... there was nothing feminine there at all.

96) But she was being battered by so many conflicting emotions that her brain felt numb.

97) Is it the fear of wearing in that stout new pair of shoes that keeps us in our old battered brogues?

98) It had no effect whatsoever, except to leave her feeling battered and thoroughly bad-tempered.

99) Whatever the outcome the long-standing, unwritten code of behaviour that governs relations between ministers and civil servants would be gravely battered.

100) And then, just as I was reaching for my battered copy of Einstein, Jon Snow gave away the secret.

101) At last, Corbett found the narrow alleyway and pushed his horse through the crowd to the battered ale-stake above the dingy house.

102) The surfaces of these planets were very hot and continually battered by meteorites,[http:///battered.html] which prevented much cooling taking place.

103) The battered Premier was today desperately trying to reassert his authority after Mr Lamont's devastating attack.

104) She was nearly home and some one jumped out at her and battered her with a piece of wood.

105) He led me into his parlor, a clutter of mildewed books, yellowed newspapers and battered filing cabinets.

106) Battered and bruised as usual, a sizable portion of their offense decimated by injury.

107) They took us to the police station and then to a battered women's house at about 2 a.m.

108) The person on call made us a cup of tea - battered wives' homes are the greatest!

109) Fifty thousand dancing girls lying cheek to jowl in a battered straw suitcase.

110) Oil stocks were looking battered following a slide in the price of crude.

111) Advisers said Arroyo will focus initially on reinvigorating the economy, battered by the political crisis.

112) The lid had been battered out of shape and the locks no longer met, but a leather strap held the whole thing together.

113) So many confusing facts battered his brain he didn't know how to start sorting them out.

114) Each year, perhaps 4 million women are battered by their husbands.

115) Miles found himself in the water, tangled in coils of rope, battered by sealskin floats.

116) His shock decision - on the eve of Labour's party conference - threw a lifeline to battered Premier John Major.

117) Lewis's win provided more than cosmetic surgery to the battered, punch-drunk features of heavyweight boxing.

118) He decided his first task was to try to raise the battered morale of his troops.

119) And sexually abused and physically battered kids run away from home.

120) And the ￡170,000 military breakdown gear made light work of pulling the battered truck out of the waters.

121) He replaced the battered muffler and gave his Baby a new transmission.

122) Alex and Lisa used to drive around town in a battered old Fiat Uno.

123) It makes me cringe into the smelly upholstery of his battered armchair.

124) A ladybird crawled up a dry stalk, then stepped delicately across to the oiled and battered stock of the rifle.

125) Her home consists of two battered green fishing boats tied together a few feet off a stretch of garbage-strewn Nile shoreline.

126) I was stretched full-length upon the bodies, my battered hand resting on the rim of the tub.

127) The Minister picked up the battered briefcase by the side of his chair and placed it on the glass table in front of him.

128) Finally, the violence reached the point where she left and stayed in a refuge for battered women.

129) She will meet Mrs Jones who has spent twenty years running a shelter for battered cats, and Mrs Jones is there.

130) She ran to the hall for her coat, then went out, crossing the poor battered garden.

131) She even tarted up the buckle with sequins and pinned feathers in her battered hat.

132) One battered Land-Rover stood outside the post office, and leaning against the schoolhouse wall were a couple of bicycles.

132) try its best to gather and build good sentences.

133) Battered wives are kept barefoot and pregnant by their men and are afraid to leave.

134) We passed a gaunt-looking man with splitting boots and a battered overcoat fastened with a string.

135) The police force has had its image severely battered by the commission's findings.

136) In 1977, the battered organization finally gave up and dissolved itself.

137) Telling some one you've been a battered wife is a bit like telling them you've been raped.

138) There were incredible stories of battered, scratched husbands who sounded remarkably like himself.

139) Two years ago, he arrived battered, beaten and fighting for survival in the face of Republican victories in 1994.

140) It stood under some beech trees, between a row of cottages and a battered church.

141) There is a battered old Steinway piano in the hotel downstairs, and I have had one or two goes on it.

142) Five tornadoes battered Pinellas Park, an area near St Petersburg, ripping through caravan parks where many elderly people live.

143) She felt battered into numbness by the sustained assault on her diminishing reserves.

144) Oliver swept off his battered top hat in ironic acknowledgement of her sally.

145) Our battered forecabin now looked like the canopy of some decrepit truck jacked up for repairs in some Third World country.

146) There is also speculation of a mini-revival in the battered property market.

147) Labonte spun out as he took the checkered flag, still the winner but battered and bruised by Earnhardt's persistence.

148) After ten or twelve tries, I was all worn out, a spent and battered hulk.

149) The superstar's Coral Gables mansion was battered by gale force winds which left windows smashed and wrecked her garden.

150) Two rooms are habitable, with a battered fridge, bedding, sofa, and gas-stove.

151) A few pairs of battered shoes were lined up along an old wooden shelf.

152) Lesbians put their weight behind issues such as child care, abortion, race, battered wives and rape.

153) Republicans, battered as they are in the public opinion polls, succeeded in dramatically transforming the terms of the national debate.

154) On Monday, soybean and grain prices were battered in part because of forecasts calling for improved conditions.

155) Authorities began evacuating people in the state of Oaxaca as the hurricane battered villages with high winds and intense rain.

156) Battered by 50 knot winds and seven-metre seas, the Ambrosia was later washed ashore in Aberdeenshire.

157) Five days after his abduction, he was released, battered and dazed, a few blocks from his residence in Seoul.

158) Ten days later, David lay on the battered couch in Laura's consulting room.

159) She regarded herself as having been battered by uncontrollable forces, washed up in hostile, foreign waters against jagged rocks.

160) Over the debris of the tower and the crushed bodies they battered the doors with it.

161) A small, battered house in a small battered terrace; the buildings appeared to be leaning on one another for support.

162) It is a myth that battered women deserve or want to be beaten.

162) try its best to collect and make good sentences.

163) And then he battered his highest score of the tour, hitting 165 in the opening Test match.

164) Teachers suspect that the child is being battered regularly by his parents.

165) He could see the battered standard lamp, the mirror, the dowdy wallpaper.

166) We have often been tempted to abandon this task; then another battered woman would come into our lived.

167) There was nothing in his office except for a few battered chairs.

168) Read in studio An insurance company's giving two million pounds to help battered women and their children.

169) It was not intended to suggest that these were battered wives.

170) Now the ikons of female suffering are all around us; the image of the battered woman is high fashion.

171) Michael Pearson, 19, of Leeds, battered 19-year-old Dean Fisher to death after meeting him in a pub.

172) That is a fairly important question compared to a question concerning the educational level of the battered wife.

173) At last there was a knock on the door and a young man entered wearing a battered leather jacket and torn breeches.

174) The jury heard how Thompson had been maddened by what he saw and battered his wife to death.

175) It offered Alan Millet little protection from the rain that drove across the street and battered against his body.

176) There was a picture of a village street, the houses were battered clapboard and there were a lot of horses around.

177) Ivan brought me a battered metal box from the driver's cab.

178) I'd seen it too and it hadn't told me anything except that Moira was battered to death with a tenor sax.

179) Moreover, battered women often wind up dropping the charges as reconciliation with the abuser.

180) A monumental granite drinking fountain towered up, with battered, insanitary metal cups hanging from it by chains.

181) Battered women are often depressed, anxiety-ridden, suffering from low self-esteem or displaying a countenance of helplessness.

182) Battered and pelted, we grope for a principle of order.

183) He had fallen between two sharp jagged-edge boulders and the angry tide had battered his body between them.

184) If the church is to be truly pro-life, how can it help but champion the cause of battered women?

185) He wore a flat, battered cap on his head, pushed to one side to give him a jaunty air.

186) Her shabby appearance and the battered portmanteau had weighed heavily against the genteel tone of her voice.

187) A battered and burned work basket projects low down in front like a bumper.

188) He looked up and saw a plane following him down; it too had a battered wing-tip.

189) On top of the bilberries lay a few rather scrubby chanterelles, slightly battered.

190) Mr Davidson was battered to death while his daughter's eye was pierced with a knitting needle.

191) Under the window was an easel and a stool and beside it a battered chest of drawers.

192) The noise from below battered her eardrums until it felt as if a high-speed train was roaring through her head.

193) His campaign team was battered by a humiliating defeat in Iowa.

194) It was cream-colored, no hubcaps, with torn seats and a battered trunk.

195) It finally came to a halt battered against the wall, leaving a shower of debris on the track.

196) Not only was it unremarkable and rather battered, it did nothing at all to jog her errant memory.

197) Read in studio A collection of battered old toys has come under the hammer at an auction today.

198) Milton Berle wore a wig and a dress as he battered a policeman with a purse.

199) The groups most adamant about denying help to battered women were the conservative fundamentalists and some orders of Catholicism.

200) HOUSTONRight before Geni Hefner had plastic surgery to repair her battered face, she sat in her apartment and recalled the horror.

201) We walked the town walls, whilst Jessie Young told us breathtaking stories of battered Berwick's stormy history.

202) The church has already erred on this side in the counsel it has given battered women.

203) Park manager Paul Weston said the rabbits had apparently been battered to death.

204) 75 percent of the battered women in our survey stayed with their husbands long after most people would have left.

205) A karate expert battered a man to death.

206) Battered pine floors slanted down to a Georgian window.

207) a battered old car.

208) Agnes was a battered woman who had killed, in self-defense, while temporarily insane.

209) The police battered the door down and rescued the children from the burning house.