Examples of beat-up in a Sentence
drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school
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The new place has a bar to belly up to, a beat-up car for families and kids to play in and pose for the 'Gram and TikTok, and colorful neon signs.
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Charlie D'agata, CBS News, 10 June 2026
The recto portrays, in exactingly realistic detail, a locked and beat-up steel rolldown gate, as only the Lower East Side knows them, perforated with 15 black holes begging to be poked through.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
White bandana, beat-up sneakers, black windbreaker pants.
—Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 7 June 2026
Al was already a hobbyist buyer of Maxfield Parrish prints, beat-up old oriental rugs, and velvet Victorian furniture, and collecting soon became a joint effort.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 16 May 2026
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Charlie D'agata, CBS News, 10 June 2026
The recto portrays, in exactingly realistic detail, a locked and beat-up steel rolldown gate, as only the Lower East Side knows them, perforated with 15 black holes begging to be poked through.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
White bandana, beat-up sneakers, black windbreaker pants.
—Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 7 June 2026
Al was already a hobbyist buyer of Maxfield Parrish prints, beat-up old oriental rugs, and velvet Victorian furniture, and collecting soon became a joint effort.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 16 May 2026
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“Beat-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat-up. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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