Citations:beaten

English citations of beaten

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• 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.

  But the rain was so violent that my tent was ready to be beaten down with it; and I was forced to go into my cave, though very much afraid and uneasy, for fear it should fall on my head.

  All the stern and quarter of her were beaten to pieces by the sea; and as her forecastle, which stuck in the rocks, had run on with great violence, her mainmast and foremast were brought by the board—that is to say, broken short off; but her bowsprit was sound, and the head and bow appeared firm.

• 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.

  It was a place fitted for such a work, being hardly more than a rock whose high sides were continually beaten upon by the waves.

  Several other men were examined concerning my landing, and they agreed that, with the strong north wind that had arisen during the night, it was very probable that I had beaten about for many hours and had been obliged to return nearly to the same spot from which I had departed.

• 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.

  All he could make out was, that it was still very foggy and extremely cold, and that there was no noise of people running to and fro, and making a great stir, as there unquestionably would have been if night had beaten off bright day, and taken possession of the world.