How to Use beat in a Sentence

beat

1 of 3 verb

• The rain beat on the roof.
• The waves were beating the shore.
• He beat the dust out of the rug with a stick.
• The waves were beating on the shore.
• He beat at the door with his fists.
• She used a hammer to beat the nail into the wall.
• They beat him with clubs.
• She used a hammer to beat the metal into shape.
• The dented metal was beaten flat.
• The Tigers rallied to beat the Royals, 3-2, in the first of four games.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2023
• Witt made the throw to first base, but Mountcastle beat the throw to the bag.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024
• And Lorne started beating them up and pulling them back from the stage.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
• One of the toughest things in sports, we’re told, is to beat a team three times in a season.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2023
• The trick will be in beating the competition to the punch.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
• This is the leg of lamb that serial mom beats someone to death with?
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2023
• And to go into Cameron and beat Duke, which was probably the top team in the country?
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• The gunmen tried to beat down the door to the safe room before exiting the ship and making their way back to the shores of Yemen.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2023
• Crawford fielded the ball behind the base and appeared to beat Marte to the bag but the runner was ruled safe.
  — Michael Wagaman, ajc, 24 June 2023
• But the vistas here, in the lushness of the Mark Twain National Forest, are sure hard to beat.
  — Cora Hall, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
• Rangers beat Rays Prior to the injury Jung hit a three-run first-inning home run.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2024
• With the Braves’ infield playing deep, Rojas dropped down a bunt to the right side in a 2-2 count, beating it out with ease.
  — The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
• Then, with the Colts deep in their own zone, Garrett beat two blocks to get to Minshew, forcing a strip sack in the end zone and the Browns pounced on it.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
• Before that, however, the last time the top seeds met in the final game was 2017, when the Eagles beat New England.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• Nothing beats the feeling of drifting off to sleep in a soft, cozy bed after a long day.
  — Samantha Jones, Women's Health, 10 Aug. 2023
• When big bass are defending against bluegills or dining on them in the shallows, this bug is tough to beat.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 22 June 2023
• The highly danceable beat throughout the concert had people up in their seats and spilling out into the aisles.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2024
• When Crawford’s power took over the fight, Spence tried to engage in a brawl and was beaten badly.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 July 2023
• The twins beat her to it, however, by jumping on the trend earlier in July with their dad.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
• She was beaten to death and was found at a vacant apartment in the Woodhaven neighborhood in Fort Worth.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2024
• Out today, the new platform was inspired by him having beat cancer twice.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 12 Apr. 2024

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beat

2 of 3 noun

• The first step is to choose a song that has 180 beats per minute.
  — Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
• Along the coast of western Australia, the waves drummed a steady beat.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
• The players and coaches look around for a beat — then duck and run.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2023
• The two have always marched to the beat of their own drum ... 12 Side by Side … or no drum at all.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
• City life can chew you up, spit you out and never miss a beat.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• The sounds of a gushing river and the slow beat of a pahu drum lull me into a trance.
  — Julia Eskins, Vogue, 22 June 2023
• Lambert joined in on singing the chorus, and the pair rocked along while jumping up and down to the beat.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 10 June 2023
• There was some good police, there were some good cops on the beat, nice guys.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023
• By midday, the rattle of Aztec anklets rang across the park along with the steady beat of drums.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
• Here Lies Love is ready to shake up Broadway — to a disco beat.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 June 2023
• Eeeek! Don't freak out — there are a couple of ways to remove any trace of your beat.
  — Seventeen, 20 Apr. 2023
• In his return to the lineup after a week away, Jung Hoo Lee didn’t look to have missed a beat.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
• The pop star and actor stepped out in Paris on September 27 with a beat that looked good enough to eat.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 28 Sep. 2023
• After getting the beat and intro in place, the next step was bringing in Nate.
  — Ade Adeniji, SPIN, 20 Mar. 2024
• The beat of that era has stayed with Melber, as longtime viewers know.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
• To stage right, a handful of dancers on stilts, members of the Agua, Sol y Serano troupe, stepped to the beat of Latin jazz.
  — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
• Her makeup was done by the legend Patrick Ta, who gave her a glowy blushing beat.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 11 May 2023
• In the front of the banquet hall, the line morphs into a large circle that pulses along with the music as the girls jump up and down and clap to the beat of the drums.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• The party had been going for more than four hours already, and no one seemed confused about how to dance to the beat.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
• After the dancers finished, a trumpeter started playing to the beat of the music.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2024
• Bauer was on the phone with lifeguards, the operator on the other line counting out the beats.
  — Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• To keep a baby that will not be able to live outside the womb or has no heart beat should not be forced to carry for 9 months.
  — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
• After a beat, rotate back through the opposite way, reaching up to the sky.
  — Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
• A lot of times, the beat pushes (rappers) in a certain direction.
  — Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2023
• But really, how much did Harlow pay Dahi and Boi-1da for these beats?
  — Vulture, 28 Apr. 2023
• With a tongue for wordplay and ear for beats drawn from hip-hop’s past, Ab-Soul is now focused on his own future.
  — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
• Along the route, that spirit followed with many attendees singing and walking to the beat of a drumline.
  — José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas News, 19 June 2023
• But despite the earnings beat, markets didn’t appear to welcome the news.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 23 Feb. 2024
• Now, Affleck burns beats onto a CD and attempts to record his own Dunkin’ jingle.
  — EW.com, 13 Feb. 2024
• As the song's thumping beat progresses, Lipa lies in the middle of a pool as swimmers perform an eye-catching routine around her.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024

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beat

3 of 3 adjective

• Let me sit down. I'm absolutely beat!
• His body had become so beat up that coaches kept him out of practice for stretches.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
• The same way that a shoe ties an outfit together or a good headband can tie a wig together, a lip color can have just the same impact on a beat face.
  — Essence, 28 July 2021
• The key to making real money is licensing a beat multiple times.
  — Lily Moayeri, Variety, 2 Dec. 2022
• What would happen, for example, if a local business group or politician donated in the name of a beat reporter who covers them?
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
• Reporting knowledge of specific game strategy is a no-no for a beat reporter.
  — oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2022
• He’s handled that well, leaning on those ex-beat reporter’s instincts to quickly identify angles and story lines.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022
• That information, known as inter-beat intervals, could help doctors gauge how well your heart is functioning.
  — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2021
• The reason these heart-music mappings work is because abnormal heart rhythms tend to form simple inter-beat-interval ratios.
  — Grace Leslie, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2021
• Arradondo, a South Minneapolis native, began his career in 1989 as a beat officer on the city’s predominantly Black north side, joining the department at a time when there were few Black officers in the ranks.
  — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2021
• Let me sit down. I'm absolutely beat!
• His body had become so beat up that coaches kept him out of practice for stretches.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
• The same way that a shoe ties an outfit together or a good headband can tie a wig together, a lip color can have just the same impact on a beat face.
  — Essence, 28 July 2021
• The key to making real money is licensing a beat multiple times.
  — Lily Moayeri, Variety, 2 Dec. 2022
• What would happen, for example, if a local business group or politician donated in the name of a beat reporter who covers them?
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
• Reporting knowledge of specific game strategy is a no-no for a beat reporter.
  — oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2022
• He’s handled that well, leaning on those ex-beat reporter’s instincts to quickly identify angles and story lines.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022
• That information, known as inter-beat intervals, could help doctors gauge how well your heart is functioning.
  — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2021
• The reason these heart-music mappings work is because abnormal heart rhythms tend to form simple inter-beat-interval ratios.
  — Grace Leslie, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2021
• Arradondo, a South Minneapolis native, began his career in 1989 as a beat officer on the city’s predominantly Black north side, joining the department at a time when there were few Black officers in the ranks.
  — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2021
• Let me sit down. I'm absolutely beat!
• His body had become so beat up that coaches kept him out of practice for stretches.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
• The same way that a shoe ties an outfit together or a good headband can tie a wig together, a lip color can have just the same impact on a beat face.
  — Essence, 28 July 2021
• The key to making real money is licensing a beat multiple times.
  — Lily Moayeri, Variety, 2 Dec. 2022
• What would happen, for example, if a local business group or politician donated in the name of a beat reporter who covers them?
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
• Reporting knowledge of specific game strategy is a no-no for a beat reporter.
  — oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2022
• He’s handled that well, leaning on those ex-beat reporter’s instincts to quickly identify angles and story lines.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022
• That information, known as inter-beat intervals, could help doctors gauge how well your heart is functioning.
  — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2021
• The reason these heart-music mappings work is because abnormal heart rhythms tend to form simple inter-beat-interval ratios.
  — Grace Leslie, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2021
• Arradondo, a South Minneapolis native, began his career in 1989 as a beat officer on the city’s predominantly Black north side, joining the department at a time when there were few Black officers in the ranks.
  — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024