The battered school-book of Tom's which she held on her knees could give her no fortitude under the pressure of that dread; and again and again her eyes had filled with tears, as they wandered vaguely, seeing neither the chestnut-trees, nor the distant horizon, but only future scenes of home-sorrow.
I thought he looked rather battered and depressed.
Coutras made an effort of will and bent over that battered horror.
I believed him capable of uprooting from his heart, though it might be with agony, so that he was left battered and ensanguined, anything that came between himself and that uncomprehended craving that urged him constantly to he knew not what.
There, parked by the side of old, battered ragged Lady Jane, was another car.
" Valancy poured tea out of Barney's little battered old pewter teapot of incredible age.
Nothing more battered and disreputable could be imagined.
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It is where we shed our superficial selve repair our battered bodie boost our wilting10 spirit fix our tarnished11 psyche mend our bruised emotions and change our evil ways.
Whether it is batting for the girl child or freeing a battered housewife from the shackles of a loveless marriage, the material at hand has been touched on earlier.
The book was a standard-issue 1950s schoolbook, battered, unloved, grimly hefty-but near the front it had an illustration that just captivated me: 2050--,,,--,: a cutaway diagram showing the Earth's interior as it would look if you cut into the planet with a large knife ,,,, and carefully withdrew a wedge representing about a quarter of its bulk.
Amber Heard is giving away every penny from the $7 million divorce settlement she got from Johnny Depp to charities that help battered women and sick children.
Amber Heard is giving away every penny from the $7 million divorce settlement she got from Johnny Depp to charities that help battered women and sick children.
But he soon found himself being battered by frantic women.
'" From Queenstown, a flight took me to poor, battered and broken Christchurch.
Every inch of my battered body wailed with pain.
The chicken chunks, battered and deep fried, are often covered with a thick sweet and sour sauce seasoned with soy sauce, rice wine, rice wine vinegar, sugar, cornstarch and dried red chili peppers.
Meant as a two-pronged move to both punish the west and boost Russia's own battered agricultural industry, the embargo has had a mixed effect.
And sadly enough, in almost every episode of the show, we watch as he is badly battered by his opponents before narrowly securing a victory.
And then he's there, perched at the edge of one of her battered dinette chairs, the stub of his tufted tail fitting into the old torn place in the upholstered seat almost as though that alone was the cause, the purpose of the rip.
