Read full poem →The sun beat down upon me. I felt myself twin brother to the sun.
My body was lit with an all-conquering fever. I had walked through
Dictionary Entry
(of the sun or rain) To strike with great force.
In a Sentence
“It was a ghastly morning, with the rain beating down in sheets.”
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Poetry examples for “beat down”
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