How to Use beating in a Sentence

beating

noun

• Straight, to the point, and no beating around the bush.
  — Tanay Howard, Parents, 8 Dec. 2023
• There’s no beating around the bush: the snow out East is hard.
  — Krista Crabtree, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2022
• And luckily, a lot of the stunts are in the car, so the car has to take the beating.
  — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
• The bruises of beatings still show on the soles of his feet and back.
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025
• Yep, the strike saved the Rangers from further beatings.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
• About the beating of the young man who went on to become Rep. John Lewis.
  — Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 17 Feb. 2022
• The video that captured the beating came from Osama Abu Asa’s car.
  — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2023
• Chargers, the Padres are the city’s beating sports heart.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
• And the suburbs seemed to always come in for a beating.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2021
• The beatings took place as often as two or three times a week.
  — Paulina Villegas, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
• For her, Nichols' beating and death brought tears all over again.
  — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2023
• Booker, 22, was found shot to death the month after the beating.
  — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2021
• The release comes on the five-month anniversary of the Oct. 28 beating.
  — Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2024
• Troops in the trenches have been taking a beating of late.
  — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
• The frantic beating against the locked door in my mind grew louder.
  — Lane Scott Jones, Longreads, 25 June 2024
• Nichols, who is Black, died three days after the beating.
  — Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2023
• Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who worked for FedEx, died three days after the beating.
  — Liam Quinn, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
• The beating went too far, and the girl was fatally injured.
  — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• He was then bound by the wrists and subjected to beatings, electric shock and a hit to the head from a gun.
  — Mark Crudele, ABC News, 27 May 2025
• Richard said that the beatings continued in the car on the way home after the dinner.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 May 2025
• Sadat shared a video with CNN of the beating, taken by the man in secret.
  — Ben Westcott, CNN, 17 Sep. 2021
• Boone, 37, was one of five white officers charged in the beating.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2021
• Yet this was far from the first time stocks have taken a beating in recent years.
  — Jason Zweig, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
• For years, none of them knew the origins of his expertise: a beating in Auschwitz.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• Once the beating stops, Bowman can be seen with a bloodied head.
  — NBC News, 25 Aug. 2021
• Keeping it clean: Even the best-looking walls take a beating over time.
  — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021
• He was charged as a juvenile in both the house party and park beatings.
  — Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2024
• The wigs and hairpieces took a real beating being in the water for 10 hours a day.
  — Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Nov. 2022
• When Ricky Gervais was the host, Hollywood took a bit of a beating.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2023
• Throughout the match, the announcers expressed concern for Jey Uso, saying his speed was a little bit off after taking so many beatings in recent weeks.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025