How to Use batter in a Sentence

batter

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• And the onion rings are the kind that are more about the batter than the onion inside.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• The batter is nice and moist thanks to adding yogurt to the mix.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2024
• Frasure struck out the next two batters to end the threat.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 2 June 2023
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
  — Genevieve Ko, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2023
• Make a double batch of the batter and freeze half for a New Year’s snack.
  — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• The air smells of frying batter, and the tents are bright with crafts and costumes.
  — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
• Toss the berries into a pound cake batter and top with a sweet lemon glaze.
  — Nik Pugmire, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
• Bake until batter is done and the top of the pie is a golden, crusty brown.
  — Cindy Dampier, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The batter, 27 years younger than Lear, swings and misses.
  — Bob Davis, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
• Smith then retired the next two batters, bringing Scott to the plate.
  — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2023
• The cake is super moist and uses a good amount of coffee in the batter.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023
• Zach Neto blasted a home run off the batters’ eye, his first homer of the spring.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 29 Feb. 2024
• Whole milk: Added to the cake batter for a tender crumb, and used to loosen the pudding mix for the topping.
  — Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2023
• But Curtis struck out two batters in a row to end the rally.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
• The next batter, Maikel Garcia, flew out to end the threat and the only damage done was to the scoreboard light.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
• In just 2/3 of an inning, Klein faced four batters and gave up two runs (both earned) and two hits.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2023
• Recipes for gluten-free bread often tend to be loose batters to pour into a tin and hope for the best.
  — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
• Pour batter into prepared pan, and smooth out the top of the batter.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
• Whenever a batter hit the ball, the crack of his bat turned the chanting into a roar.
  — John Yoon Jun Michael Park Shawn Paik, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• Criswell struck out two batters while Molina and Pint each K’d one.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2024
• The right-hander overcame a shaky third inning, in which four of the first five batters reached base.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2023
• Scrape the bowl well to make sure the batter is homogeneous.
  — Erin Jeanne McDowell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2023
• The heat of the fish against the cool creaminess of the tartar; the black-pepper bite of the batter against the sweetness of the sauce; the softness of the bun against the crackle of the fillet.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
• Gray struck out six batters on Saturday, part of the 12 Texas’ pitchers struck out in the game.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2023
• Whole buttermilk: Adds tang and helps the cake batter rise.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2023
• Scrape the cake batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly.
  — Genevieve Ko, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
• Scrape the batter into the prepared Bundt pan, then smooth the top with a spatula.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2023
• The right-hander allowed five hits, didn’t walk a batter and lowered his ERA to 2.79.
  — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 7 May 2024
• The next three batters were retired to end the game: Cabrera (flyout), Isan Díaz (pop out) and Rogers (pop out).
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2023
• The left-hander struck out at least two batters in four of his six innings — including striking out the side in the second.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024

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batter

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• The rudder was battered, and the trio had to be towed to shore in Spain.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• But in recent weeks, the raids have left the camp, an area of less than half a square mile, battered.
  — Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
• Her head had been battered, and her lungs were filled with water.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• Hamas then drags survivors out, some by their hair, to trucks, and then batters them some more in the backs of the pickups on the way to Gaza.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
• Floods, droughts and storms have battered African countries.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• Joy, on the other hand, battered some curds up and loaded 'em in a fryer.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
• The second wave was more than 90 feet tall, and what little survived the earthquake, and the first wave was battered again.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2023
• Unlike their nuggets, the selects were made with whole pieces of chicken breast that were battered and fried.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 30 July 2023
• All the while, debris flew, explosions rocked the area and the wind, intense throughout the day, battered him.
  — Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• Part of the reason for the February drop was the severe weather that battered parts of the state this winter.
  — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
• Shells had battered his home, and his caretakers were long gone.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• Russia has battered Ukraine cities with missiles and armed drones since the war began.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• Weather has been in the news this week: Hurricane Hilary battered the West Coast.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2023
• High-speed winds battered the city alongside frequent bursts of lightning.
  — Ilana Arougheti, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2023
• The clam cakes are battered and fried to golden perfection, crispy on the outside, pillowy on the inside.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• Across from their home, a primary and secondary school sits battered on the valley’s edge.
  — Yousra Elbagir, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2023
• Juan arrived at the monastery after a brutal encounter at a bar that left his body as battered as his soul had been.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• His South Side neighborhood in 1994 was battered by high crime and homicide rates.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2023
• Instead, Ukraine used Turkish Bayraktar drones to bomb the head and tail of the column, while Ukrainian artillery battered the rest of the convoy.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• The blast battered homes as far as two miles away, according to the chemical board report.
  — USA Today, 10 Apr. 2023
• Add hot bacon drippings to batter: Remove the skillet from the oven, and tilt it in all directions to coat the bottom.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2023
• The storms may bring heavy downpours to local areas, but those are not expected to be as severe as the walls of rain that battered the city this week.
  — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
• And the Navy felt relief that officials had sent many of its warships out to sea so they wouldn’t get battered at their piers in San Diego Harbor.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
• At the very same time, however, a flurry of extreme weather events were battering the globe.
  — David Gelles, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• Still, her attorneys wrote, officers used a battering ram to open the back garage door.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• The pay bump may be regarded as the first step in a long battle to improve the spirits of staff who have had their morale battered by poor Avanti service.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 25 Mar. 2024
• And on Tuesday morning, when high winds battered Maui and fires ignited in the hills above, some residents turned to the church again for shelter.
  — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• Pour cheesecake batter evenly over each crusts, filling about three-fourths full.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 June 2023
• Instead of battering and frying the rellenos, discover similar flavors by layering a flour and egg batter right on top of the shrimp mixture and baking.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2024
• Severe storms battered the Midwest on Tuesday, unleashing a curtain of heavy rain, gusty winds and tornadoes throughout the region a day after a deadly twister ripped through a small Oklahoma town and killed at least one person.
  — CBS News, 8 May 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024