Sentence Examples

1. Most of the town seemed to be practically deserted, with only the rare elderly citizen meandering somewhere or a child dutifully batting at some object with a wooden sword.
2. She tried batting her eyelashes as helplessly as possible.
3. Her arms ached from batting insects and branches away from her face.
4. The thought had barely formed when Bodger let out a threatening yowl and dove out from under the table, clawing and batting me away from his bowl.
5. A mum and dad and two toddlers threw bread into the water on the opposite side, and the geese took flight, chased away the approaching ducks, wings batting at them, hoarding the bread for themselves.
6. Dark shapes fluttered around me as I walked, but I kept batting them away.
7. The sword was heading straight for me but without batting an eye, the nameless man grabbed the blade and stopped it, the sharp edge cutting deep and drawing blood.
8. She laughed melodiously, smiling at him and batting her thick lashes.
9. Batting aside Athra warriors like they were made of straw.
10. She crawled in, batting cobwebs from her hair and face and blowing them out of her mouth.