He was arrested after beating up the vandal who damaged his car.

During the storm, the old lighthouse keeper was beating off the relentless waves with sandbags to protect the foundation.

The relentless sun was beating down on the hikers as they climbed the ridge.

The research team's world-beating vaccine candidate showed remarkable effectiveness across multiple strains in early trials.

She spent the meeting brow-beating the new intern until he agreed to take on the extra tasks.

The team, beating as one, executed the play flawlessly.

Community leaders organized workshops to reduce wife-beatings and support victims.

The wife-beating husband finally faced charges after years of secrecy.

People watched helplessly as the thug kept beating to a pulp the man lying on the sidewalk.

Every spring the parish elder leads a small group through the hedgerows, beating the bounds to preserve the ancient boundary markers.