Examples of beat-up in a Sentence
drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school
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Leaflets on the windows of beat-up R.V.s warned the more than 100 homeless people who live in this stretch of forest outside Bend, Ore., to get out by 12:01 a.m. Thursday, or else face a $5,000 fine and up to a year in jail.
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Ana Swanson, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing signaled an acceleration in artificial intelligence chips, which was lending support to beat-up chip stocks.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Pro-government militia fighters in rubber boots were driving past on motorbikes, occasionally firing their beat-up AK-47s into the air.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
His first car was an old, beat-up 1956 Ford Victoria and the color of the car was pink.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
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Ana Swanson, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing signaled an acceleration in artificial intelligence chips, which was lending support to beat-up chip stocks.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Pro-government militia fighters in rubber boots were driving past on motorbikes, occasionally firing their beat-up AK-47s into the air.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
His first car was an old, beat-up 1956 Ford Victoria and the color of the car was pink.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Beat-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat-up. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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