5 examples of batterings in sentences

Caunt was a real giant, ugly as could be by the frequent batterings he had received in the face.

If I am right in my dates the defenses of Maubeuge caved in under the batterings of the German Jack Johnsons on September sixth and the citadel surrendered September seventh.

His heart had withstood the importunate batterings of many a love siege; the wounds had been pleasant ones and the recovery quick.

Twice, when the gate moved an inch or two and creaked with straining, he came at it so viciously that it jammed again; indeed, it was the batterings of the bull that had made it so hard to open.

"From the beginning, I educated myself to speak along the line and in the current of my moral convictions; and though, in later days, it has carried me through places where there were some batterings and bruisings, yet I have been supremely grateful that I was led to adopt this course.

5 examples of  batterings  in sentences