beaten
/ˈbiː.tən/ adjective B1- Defeated.
- Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows. · a beaten path; beaten gold; the beaten victims of the attack
- Mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement.
- Trite; hackneyed.
From the library
No; my pride is to see the accused pale, agitated, and as though beaten out of all composure by the fire of my eloquence.” Renée uttered a smothered exclamation.
“I thought I had beaten the Wicked Witch then, and I worked harder than ever; but I little knew how cruel my enemy could be.
The Ass, as he returned to his stall beaten nearly to death, thus lamented: “I have brought it all on myself!
if you had beaten me when I first stole and brought to you that lesson-book, I should not have come to this, nor have been thus led to a disgraceful death.”
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