he wears a pacemaker to help maintain a regular beating of his heart
took a beating and ended up in second place
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Yet no lawyer had previously brought up the rapes and beatings that Bell witnessed during his stay at Dozier, Brown and Martin said.—The Marshall Project, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025 In Chicago, the closest parallel to the racial attacks in 1980s New York was the 1997 Bridgeport attack on Lenard Clark, a Black 13-year-old, by a group of teenagers including Frank Caruso Jr., who was convicted of the beating but ultimately forced to serve only two years of an eight-year sentence.—Robert Chiarito, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025 The sun and heat will kill almost all flip-flops, [but] these lasted through a heavy six-month beating.—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025 There were frequent beatings and hurled objects, many resulting in injuries severe enough to cause bruises and lacerations.—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for beating
Word History
Etymology
Middle English betynge, from gerund of beten "to beat entry 1"
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