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Meanings of beating in English
Synonyms
Examples for "licking"
Examples for "licking"
1
The book said the way to tell them apart is by licking.
2
Wound licking has been shown to promote extraoral wound healing among animals.
3
Calm Control? I demanded, surprised by the anger licking at my heart.
4
The puppy was licking the injured nose industriously and whimpering the while.
5
No significant group differences in unconditioned licking or trials initiated were revealed.
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Ace High said nothing; simply tightened his grip on Heck's thrashing arm.
2
I can't help him if he's thrashing in the water, Glover said.
3
Ash stopped thrashing long enough to get a good look at me.
4
The slump is also thrashing home builders and developers, banks have said.
5
The terrible thrashing about in the icy water had quenched my spirit.
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Mr Peart said public confidence has taken a battering over recent years.
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But by this year, Mr Glasenberg's ambitious plans had taken a battering.
3
The shares of companies mentioned in the report also took a battering.
4
Asian, European and emerging market stock markets took another battering on Thursday.
5
The hopes of the assailants perished with the failure of the battering-ships.
1
But, in two areas at least, I received a fairly serious drubbing.
2
Ninety minutes for the paymaster to give the profligate state a drubbing.
3
DUBLIN Irish banks took a drubbing as investors swerved the sector generally.
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Their withdrawal comes just days after the Leinster semi-final drubbing by Offaly.
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A second successive drubbing from Modi prompted calls for Gandhi to quit.
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Irritation rose, lacing the words, That included the melts for your sister.
2
The lacing system and way it tightens around the midfoot is perfect.
3
In a matter of minutes he was dressed and lacing his boots.
4
But he shoved it into his pocket and finished lacing the boots.
5
To-the-toe lacing and a two-tiered footbed help you dial in the fit.
1
Nothing pleased him more than whacking the Yanks in their own backyard.
2
He marched over to the sealed door and started whacking at it.
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There was a distant, muffled noise like a hammer whacking a pillow.
4
They'd climbed up beside the bell and were whacking it with hammers.
5
She's just hoisted her sail, and a whacking big sail it is.
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True-Jimmyhad no respect for packet boats and deserved a good trouncing.
2
Darts were serious business, and she took serious pleasure in trouncing the Hammer.
3
He just can't forget his election trouncing.The people of South Carolina will remember!
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That had nothing on the trouncing of Liverpool six days later.
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He fares best against Palin, trouncing her by double figures everywhere but Ohio.
Usage of beating in English
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The gap in heat-beating infrastructure creates an inequitable distribution of health risk.
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We believe that the use of non-heart-beating-donor organs has potential in China.
3
Carlsberg's disappointing report followed forecast-beating results last week from Dutch rival Heineken.
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Ye've taken quite the beating today; ye deserve a bit o' rest.
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Forecast-beating China manufacturing data fueled gains that were led by commodities stocks.
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Conclusions: On-pump beating-heart CABG can be performed safely, including on high-risk patients.
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It edged higher for a second session since posting consensus-beating first-quarter profit.
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This followed Thursday's data which offered forecast-beating growth in the euro zone.
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Government officials have said he has good prospects of beating the illness.
10
But he was steadily beating the horse; not harshly, gently in truth.
11
Olive stole in, hearing in the stillness every beating of her heart.
12
The Sea Point Promenade took a serious beating in the waves, too.
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Britain excels in technological innovation, but has relatively few world-beating hi-tech companies.
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However, course officials aren't optimistic about the cross-channel highlight beating the frost.
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The battle raged on amid the terrible storm beating on the combatants.
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These are to aid the eye in beating the bowl to form.
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