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Examples of beat-up in a Sentence
drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school
Recent Examples on the Web
There were swishy trousers and plush overcoats, neckties mixed up with cowboy hats, a bit of fringe and the occasional beat-up leather.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
The sequence concludes with Skyler pursuing Walt outside their home and collapsing to her knees as Walt drove off with Holly in a beat-up pickup truck.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024
Celebrities are often spotted in the same beat-up pairs of Dr. Martens for years.
—Jasmine Li, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
But, five days after Jennifer Dulos disappeared, Fotis Dulos finally took the old, beat-up Tacoma to the car wash.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
The crew was working to fix potholes—to keep Baltimore’s beat-up roads in good enough shape to keep traffic flowing into the city.
—Rachel Gutman-Wei, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2024
The first movie is truck drivers in a beat-up truck.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
On the front line just outside Bakhmut, Ukraine, a 32-year-old commander of a Ukrainian artillery platoon rocked to and fro in the passenger seat of a beat-up Lada, as another soldier navigated the car through a thick forest, sometimes mowing down young trees.
—Nicole Tung, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Goldman helped create Wynwood Walls by using beat-up warehouse walls that became home for mural masterpieces.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1863, in the meaning defined above
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“Beat-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat-up. Accessed 24 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
beat-up
adjectiveˈbēt-ˌəp,
-ˈəp
: worn or damaged by use or neglect
a beat-up old car
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