beaten
formed or made thin by hammering
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,902 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,675 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- formed or made thin by hammering beaten gold
- much trodden and worn smooth or bare did not stray from the beaten path
beaten in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It will not know when it is beaten.
Notes on Life & Letters · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 2
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Father says he made the attempt long ago, but was beaten.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1
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He had one evening menaced a woman, and another day beaten a child.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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To be beaten herself would have seemed to her less atrocious, less humiliating.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He felt greatly contented, did Marmaduke, for hadn't they beaten the "ol' pirates," and driven them away?
Half-Past Seven Stories · Robert Gordon Anderson · Chapter 2