suffer a beating
Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words
emphasizes the pain and injury from a beating
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Examples (10)
- The victim suffered a severe beating before being rescued.
- Our team suffered a humiliating beating in the final match.
- He suffered a brutal beating from the angry mob.
- The company's reputation suffered a beating after the scandal was exposed.
- No one deserves to suffer a beating like that.
- After suffering a vicious beating, the lone wolf retreated from the pack's territory.
- The candidate suffered a terrible beating in the polls following his controversial remarks.
- The goalkeeper suffered a beating not just on the field but also from the press afterwards.
- He was warned that if he revealed the secret, he would suffer a beating.
- The small business suffered a financial beating during the economic downturn.