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

He was arrested for wife-beating after neighbors called the police.

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

The small hummingbird hovered, beating the wing so rapidly that it became a blur.

While practicing self-defense, he kept beating the dummy to perfect his punches.

The anxious mare kept pacing in her stall, beating the hoof against the wooden floor.

While preparing the stew, the chef was beating the meat to make it more tender.

His chest-beating at the meeting alienated potential allies.

The chest-beating politician's speech did more to alienate voters than to reassure them.

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