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Meanings of buffeted in English

Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities.

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Usage of buffeted in English
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Since October, the royal family has been buffeted by crisis after crisis.
News.com.au
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Modi, meanwhile, is being buffeted by a jobs crisis and farm distress.
Reuters
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People swore at him; they got in his way; they buffeted him.
Neverwhere
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Severe winds buffeted the state on Thursday, bringing down powerlines and trees.
News.com.au
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Focus is difficult when we are buffeted by competing desires to help.
The Power of Giving
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There was no sound except that the wind buffeted in the chimney.
The Isles of Sunset
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I have been buffeted by the ages until I dominate the desert.
Still Jim
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I'm being buffeted in the wind of sociological forces I can't control.
The Guardian
9
Yet the specter's robe rippled, buffeted by a draft that wasn't there.
Bloodfever
10
As they slowed to cross a long bridge, wind buffeted the van.
The passage
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I fought and buffeted the wind, and folded my cloak round me.
Esther : a book for girls
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They are also being buffeted by conflicting advice from influential conservative organizations.
Reuters
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Strong winds blew in from the bay and buffeted the competitors unmercifully.
The Irish Times
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More explosions sounded, and the craft was buffeted from side to side.
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
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He was swimming bravely, sorely buffeted as he was by the seas.
Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War
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The wind buffeted him, and he could not manage on his own.
Bones of the Dragon
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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