1 They had only their hard fists to batter at the world with.
2 It was of no use to batter themselves against granite.
3 Each dint upon his batter'd shield.
4 The talking ceased, and Fairway gave a circular motion to the rope, as if he were stirring batter.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama 5 For I never was less disposed to forgive him the way he used to batter Traddles, than when I saw Traddles so ready to forgive him himself.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS 6 Then he seizes a gun and begins to batter the door with the butt end.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 12: CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A C... 7 Barred out before their weeping parents' eyes and faces, some, swept on by the rout, roll headlong into the trenches; some, blindly rushing with loosened rein, batter at the gates and stiffly-bolted doorway.
8 Hale sat with his feet up on the stove, his back propped against a battered desk strewn with papers: the place, like the man, was warm, genial and untidy.
9 Her companion, who was just coming back to the table with the remains of a cold mince-pie in a battered pie-dish, set down her unappetising burden without appearing to hear the accusation brought against her.
10 Throughout the dismal meal, Gerald's booming voice battered against her ears until she thought she could endure it no longer.
11 Gerald in the old rocker, the girls on the sagging cushions of the sofa that was too battered and worn for the front of the house.
12 The Bonnell home, awkwardly patched and roofed with rude boards instead of shingles, managed to look livable for all its battered appearance.
13 Just as she was preparing to start walking the long way across town to the Yankee encampment, a battered wagon appeared.
14 He threw his battered straw hat into the back of the wagon, clucked to the horse and they moved off.
15 Lily, to whom the name conveyed nothing, opened the door upon a woman in a battered bonnet, who stood firmly planted under the hall-light.