Read full poem →Will any mortal let himself alone?
See Ward by battered beaux invited over,
And desperate misery lays hold on Dover.
Dictionary Entry
To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
In a Sentence
“The firemen battered down the door.”
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Poetry examples for “battered”
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Read full poem →roust Antony, after a profound peace and a long revel m tlie arms of Cleopatra, upon hU return
to Rome, have nothing to ride but an old battered lean war-horse? Besides, lean horses are
seldom remarkable like this for neighing loud and vigorously. By arm we all understand thd
Read full poem →A vision for the gods to verify.
“What battered ancientry is this,” thought I,
“And when, if ever, did we meet before?”
Read full poem →And that's over. Here you are,
Battered by the past.
Time will have his little scar,
Read full poem →had repaired itself by one of Nature's magic processes. So one day
our battered heroine doffed the invalid garments of Michaelis and
donned those of any well-dressed woman of 1912, including a thick
Read full poem →The impregnable disease their vain attempts did mock;
They mined it near, they battered from afar
With all the cannon of the medicinal war;
Read full poem →Forsake their temples dim,
With that twice-battered god of Palestine;
And mooned Ashtaroth, 200
