He beat the desk with his fist to try to get his point across.

The judge sentenced Willis to five years in jail for beating his victim with a baseball bat.

The championship team are confident they can beat the challengers.

Before you scramble eggs, you have to beat them.

A hummingbird beats its wings many times a second.

The dancers moved to the beat of the music.

Nothing beats a chocolate cake fresh from the oven.

Playing in a band as a professional musician beats doing a boring office job. Sitting here in the coffee shop with you sure beats working!

After a long day at work, Keith's father is beat when he comes home.

Kerouac is the most famous of the Beat poets.

You must remember to play harder on the accented beats.

The beat of the workers' hammers gave Sue a headache.

In her excitement, Fran could feel the beat of her heart.

Officer Smith pounded the beat all day long.

The doctor listened to see if the man's heart was beating.

The eagle's wings did not beat as it glided through the air.

There was a headwind so the sailors had to beat along the coast.

I bet we will beat you! We drive much faster.

The drummer beat the rhythm on the bass drum.

The craftsman beat the piece of metal until it was very thin.

Thompson beat the other runners to the finish line.

We were able to beat back the flames before they reached the house.

The sun was beating down on our backs.

The rain beat down so hard on the apple tree that in the morning half of the apples were on the ground.

Amy beat the seller down to £20 for the vase.

We beat the price down to $45.

Doris admitted that life was beating her down.

Deborah beat down her fear of flying and got on the plane to visit her daughter in Australia.

He managed to beat off without his roommate hearing.

She was beating him off.

Rufus began beating out a rhythm on the drums.

The other team beat us out for the championship.

A group of youths beat Henry up.

I tried to convince him to come with us, but felt that I was beating a dead horse.

If you have a good idea, investors will beat a path to your door.

Stop beating around the bush and give me the real reason!

No, I won't give you any money. Now, beat it!

The police showed up and we knew it was time to beat it.

The pensioner fought back and succeeded in beating off his attackers.

He managed to beat off intense criticism from both left and right en route to the nomination.

He threatened to beat the crap out of me if I didn't pay him by the end of the week.

The environmental activist goes around the world beating the drum for energy reform.

Joseph beat the odds and recovered from his cancer.

We got into a fistfight and he beat the s*** out of me.

The thieves beat the man to death in order to steal his wallet.

I was about to give the answer but she beat me to it.

It was just an honest mistake, so you shouldn't beat yourself up about it.

Rick drives a beat-up pickup truck.

I love my beat-up car, even though it´s covered in dents and scratches.

I was going to order a pizza, but you beat me to it.