Beating one's swords into ploughshares, the community rallied to convert the derelict munitions factory into a cooperative farm.

By beating one's swords into plowshares, citizens hoped to end the cycle of violence and rebuild their communities.

During the restoration, the gold-beaters carefully hammered each sheet until it became thin enough to gild the altar.

The butcher showed students the gold-beater's skin, the thin outer coat of the ox's cecum, so they could observe its delicate texture.

The gold-beater worked late into the night to produce enough thin sheets for the temple's gilded statues.

In the museum's restored workshop, an antique Hollander beater stood beside wooden vats where workers once prepared rag fibers for paper.

The old workshop still uses Hollander beaters to process recycled rags into pulp for handmade paper.

When the protesters turned violent, the police had beaten a hasty retreat to regroup and call for backup.

The weather-beatenness wooden fence gave the garden a rustic charm.

The team's season was defined by an unforgettable string of buzzer beaters that left fans in tears.