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Dine at one of our favorite tucked away counter restaurants, which serves wonderful, lightly battered tempura using the freshest of vegetables and fish. — Scott Gilman, Town & Country, "How to Plan a Trip to Japan," 5 Oct. 2016 Today, many old and battered Winnebagos number among the thousands of motor homes that line the streets of Los Angeles, from the San Fernando Valley to the Westside to the Harbor area. — Luis Sinco, latimes.com, "'Castaways' in motor homes feel stranded on society's fringe," 2 Mar. 2018 Wells Fargo has initiated a raft of other reforms intended to protect its customers and rebuild its battered reputation, detailed on its website. — James B. Stewart, New York Times, "Punishing Wells Fargo: Just Deserts, or Beating a Dead Horse?," 19 Apr. 2018 Three days later, his battered body was found on the bank of the Hatchie River. — Willie James Inman, Fox News, "Reopening of 1940 Elbert Williams case part of national effort to bring justice to civil rights heroes," 17 Aug. 2018 The battered face of Saturn's frigid moon Dione gets a close-up in a gorgeous photo by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. — Mike Wall, Space.com, "Saturn's Icy Moon Dione Shines in Stunning Cassini Photo," 12 Mar. 2018 In August 2016, 11-year-old Yonatan Daniel Aguilar was found dead, battered and malnourished in a closet of his family's tiny Echo Park home. — Richard Winton, latimes.com, "Authorities had previously visited home where boy was found dead under suspicious circumstances," 22 June 2018 In the end, migrant workers simply splashed paint on buildings, many of them architectural monuments, to obscure their battered state, said Anna A. Davydova, a local urban preservation activist. — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, "Peeking Around Corners in the World Cup’s Provincial Cities," 14 July 2018 At the time, it was seen as yet another loss for a government on the verge of downfall, its battered troops in desperate retreat across the country. — Nabih Bulos, latimes.com, "Rebels surrender southern Syrian enclave, handing Assad another major victory," 7 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'battered.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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