Examples of beating in a Sentence
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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The man previously on Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice cooker — before lighting a blaze to destroy key evidence — should be condemned to die, Miami prosecutors told a jury after detailing the slaying on Wednesday morning.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
Predictably, Mike responds to Kyle’s beating by meddling further.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2025
The series put a beating on Smith that night and the rest of the way.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
That includes a large beating attack caught on videos that went viral and threw Cincinnati into the national spotlight in late July.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
Predictably, Mike responds to Kyle’s beating by meddling further.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2025
The series put a beating on Smith that night and the rest of the way.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
That includes a large beating attack caught on videos that went viral and threw Cincinnati into the national spotlight in late July.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Beating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beating. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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