banged away (at)

past tense of bang away (at)

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Six of the 10 countries most vulnerable to a warming climate are in Africa, which has in recent years been buffeted by devastating droughts and floods, both of which are exacerbated by climate change.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • An unusually high-density solar stream buffeted Jupiter and pushed its auroral oval toward the equator — the same thing happens on Earth, which is what brings the northern lights down to the mid-latitudes.
    Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the meantime, Tesla’s car sales have been slowing globally and fears of stricter auto tariffs have battered the stock price.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Malaria battered him next, and after treatment, the other illnesses flared back up again.
    Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Through the first-person narration of his protagonist, Nicholas, a teenager suddenly besieged by anxiety, Clune conveys with uncanny vividness what a panic attack feels like.
    Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Landslide in western Sudan kills at least 1,000 A landslide in western Sudan killed at least 1,000 people, intensifying hardship in a country besieged by years of civil war.
    Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Original concepts include mazes set in a demonic version of the Old West, a life-sized toybox full of twisted dolls and a frozen Northern town beleaguered by monsters.
    Julie Tremaine, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This contagious malady has ravaged Norfolk County over the past few years.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • On the news, Ukraine was ravaged.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Digital marketing gives the food and beverage industry powerful access to young audiences, and the market is saturated; children and adolescents are bombarded by these products everywhere, from shops to schools and digital spaces, the report notes.
    Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Israel bombarded with missiles.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Patriots blitzed just once — once!
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo blitzed Hurts on 12 of his 22 dropbacks.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The battle was turbo-charged when Powell surprised markets with a 50 basis point inflation hike in September last year, seen by some as a gift to Trump’s Democratic Party election rival Kamala Harris.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The council’s resolution surprised me.
    Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Banged away (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banged%20away%20%28at%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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