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How to use batter in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Batter means to hit or strike violently and repeatedly. Example: “The firemen battered down the door.”

Examples of batter by meaning

verbTo hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

  • The firemen battered down the door.

verbTo coat with batter (the food ingredient).

  • I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.

verbTo defeat soundly; to thrash.

  • Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.

verbTo intoxicate.

  • That cocktail will batter you!
  • I was battered last night on our pub crawl.

nounA beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire...

  • To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the pancake batter.

nounA binge; a heavy drinking session.

  • When he went on a batter, he became very violent.

nounThe player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.

  • The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.

nounAny player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.

  • It's hard to put this on his shoulders while the guy is so young, but I firmly believe Kane could go down as New Zealand's greatest ever batter.2015, Brendon McCullum, ESPNcricnfo

More sentences with batter

  • The batter should play out the string. The pitcher should run out the string.From the entry string
  • He was out of pancake mix so he had to make the batter from scratch.From the entry from scratch
  • After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"From the entry smart
  • The pitcher beaned the batter, rather than letting him hit another home run.From the entry bean
  • Our last batter just struck out. Time to pack it up, boys.From the entry pack up
  • The ump punched out the batter with relish to close out the game.From the entry punch out
  • Batters will often sit dead-red when there is a fastball count.From the entry fastball count
  • Jones was a submariner and could often confuse a batter with his unorthodox delivery.From the entry submariner
  • The cook combined equal parts chocolate and vanilla batter in the cake.From the entry combined
  • The leadoff batter began the inning with a double, setting a good example for the following players.From the entry leadoff
  • Six pounds of batter will bake off to three pounds of prepared product.From the entry bake off
  • Fold the egg whites into the batter.From the entry fold
  • Jones punched out the batter to start in the sixth.From the entry punch out
  • A light lacing of rum goes into the cake batter.From the entry lacing
  • I understand any pitcher can have an off day but walking four batters in one inning is ridiculous!From the entry off day
  • Next, you have to work the eggs in the batter.From the entry work in
  • The batter always leads off base.From the entry lead
  • The batter doubled into the corner.From the entry double
  • The batter tripled into the gap.From the entry triple
  • That pitcher doesn't like the hitters too close to the plate so every once in a while he'll dust off a batter.From the entry dust off a batter
  • You pour batter onto it, spreading it into a perfect circle with a tiny rake.2025, Steven Raichlen, “Crêpes and Co.”, in Project Griddle: The Versatile Art of Grilling on a Flattop, New York, N.Y.: Workman, →ISBN. From the entry crêpière
  • Our kromeskies were made from leftover minced meat, wrapped in bacon and fried in batter.2018, Niki Segnit, Lateral Cooking: Foreword by Yotam Ottolenghi, Bloomsbury, →ISBN. From the entry kromesky
  • Here’s a riddle: What do you call a dollop of cookie dough hugged by fudgy brownie batter?2016, Sheila G. Mains, Sheila G’s Butter & Chocolate: 101 Creative Sweets and Treats Using Brownie Batter, Lanham, Md.: Kyle Books, →ISBN…. From the entry brown sugary
  • Mom omits this trick, instead relying on an overnight rest to make a silkier batter.2015, Sasha Martin, “Overnight Crepes”, in Life from Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness, Washington, D.C.: National…. From the entry palacsinta
  • Fragrances can mutate; seizure and ricing are more common; and the soap batter traces rapidly.2012, Alicia Grosso, The Everything Soapmaking Book, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry ricing
  • The striking batter is bowled out when the wicket is broken with the bowler's delivery.2010, Mark Butcher, Paul Abraham, Learn to Play Cricket: Teach Yourself, page A-65. From the entry out
  • The batter should be spoonable but not pourable, essentially vegetables just moist enough to hold together.2007 March 28, Mark Bittman, “Pancakes of the World, Dressed for Dinner”, in New York Times. From the entry spoonable
  • "Down below, this batter was blorping out onto pans covered with waxed paper."2005, Steve Almond, Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America, Harvest Books, →ISBN, page 134. From the entry blorp
  • It is getting as much air in your batter as possible that will make your Yorkies rise!2004, Ed Baines, Entertain, page 183. From the entry Yorkie
  • Sometimes the lady serving would give us a free bag of scratchings (the bits of batter).2002, Kathleen Hann, Tell It As It Was, →ISBN, page 48. From the entry scratching
  • He′d mix up a batter and put them in the frying-pan.2002, Marion Houldsworth, Barefoot Through the Bindies: Growing Up in North Queensland in the Early 1900s, published 2012, page 4. From the entry puftaloon

Meaning of batter

  1. verb To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
  2. verb To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
  3. verb To defeat soundly; to thrash.

Full definition of batter

Questions about batter in a sentence

How do you use batter in a sentence?
Batter is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The firemen battered down the door.”
What is a short sentence with batter?
“Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.”
What does batter mean?
Batter means to hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

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