beat (down)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for beat (down)
Verb
  • Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander continues to beam home incredible imagery from the surface of the moon.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Poel’s device beamed light into the skin and monitored changes in the amount reflected to determine a person’s heart rate.
    The Physics arXiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Open through Sunday, the three-floor immersive experience brings fans through the card-collecting world, creating both a way to shine a spotlight on stars such as Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui and educating how Topps has built its passionate baseball card-collecting community.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The full moon was seen shining its crimson light over the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Ahead, the 10 best kojic acid products to brighten and clear your skin.
    Deanna Pai, Allure, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Patients looking to brighten their skin tone and reduce fine lines often turn to Silkro and Thulium laser treatments, which refine skin texture while addressing pigmentation concerns.
    Alexandra Harbert, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The surface of the sun, which has a temperature of 6,000 °C, radiates most strongly in the visible spectrum.
    Jayson Stewart, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Finding no success, their relationship begins to suffer, with Mark especially radiating anger.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • That failure did not light a fire so much as keep the pilot light on.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The location reopened in May of last year: ATMs are walled in by vertical stripes of handmade blue subway tile and lit by bulbous, ’60s-style lights.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Beat (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beat%20%28down%29. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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