Examples of beat-up in a Sentence
drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school
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An internal scar that reminds me to be gentle with my beat-up heart.
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Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Two solid defenses here, but Bolts have a middling offense and a beat-up O-line that (quite literally) hurts an always under-siege Justin Herbert.
—Greg Cote
january 8, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
In 2013, my husband Dave and I hauled a beat-up, fire-engine-red suitcase overflowing with sheet masks, toners, snail creams, and pimple patches to the Hester Street Fair, a weekend market in the Lower East Side.
—Charlotte Cho, Allure, 3 Jan. 2026
Rosales hopes the security videos, which show the masked suspect and his beat-up old Toyota Camry, will help officers track down the suspect.
—Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
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Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Two solid defenses here, but Bolts have a middling offense and a beat-up O-line that (quite literally) hurts an always under-siege Justin Herbert.
—Greg Cote
january 8, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
In 2013, my husband Dave and I hauled a beat-up, fire-engine-red suitcase overflowing with sheet masks, toners, snail creams, and pimple patches to the Hester Street Fair, a weekend market in the Lower East Side.
—Charlotte Cho, Allure, 3 Jan. 2026
Rosales hopes the security videos, which show the masked suspect and his beat-up old Toyota Camry, will help officers track down the suspect.
—Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
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“Beat-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat-up. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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