How to Use beater in a Sentence

beater

noun
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  • The Padres looked like world beaters since dropping the opening game of this series.
    — Jay Paris, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The failure to prevent end of quarter buzzer-beaters and not sticking to the game plan is hurting them.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • We’ve all watched these March Madness games come down to the wire with buzzer beaters and put scares into top teams.
    — Michael Shapiro, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The two extra-long beaters provide a greater surface area for more thorough mixing, which is helpful when components stick to the bowl.
    — Toni Sutton, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Four years ago, as a freshman at Arizona State, his team lost a tournament opener to Texas on a buzzer-beater.
    — Michelle Kaufman, miamiherald, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The sport waited through decades of the buzzer-beaters and bracket-busters for the one result that seemed too insane even for the event known as March Madness.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2018
  • On breezy days, 14 wind turbines atop the upper levels – the things that look a bit like giant egg beaters – generate more energy.
    — Sandy Bauers, Philly.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Ginobili snuck up behind Harden while the All-Star guard attempted to tie the game with a buzzer-beater.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Cleanup is a breeze since the two beaters are easy to remove from the body.
    — Alex Warner, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
  • And that 48-foot buzzer-beater to end the third quarter?
    — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
  • This is how the first half ended: .@TheofficialEG10 with the coast-to-coast buzzer-beater at the half!
    — Sarah Todd, Philly.com, 29 May 2018
  • As long as your bowl and beater are clean, the whites should whip up well.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2022
  • His buzzer beater in Game Two against the Nuggets took the Lakers lead to 2-0.
    — Calum Trenaman, CNN, 29 Sep. 2020
  • And James hit a buzzer beater of his own to win that game and tie the series.
    — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • The world-beater emerged out of nowhere to fizz an effort into the back of the net.
    — SI.com, 24 June 2019
  • But the beaters are busy with their sticks and torches.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2019
  • The Paladins couldn’t hit the buzzer beater, and Auburn improved to 8-0.
    — Giana Han, al, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Use the beater or whisk attachment and run it along the wall of the pumpkin to loosen the pulp.
    — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Maybe your team is down by one point and hits a buzzer beater to win by one.
    — Josh Appelbaum Vsin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2021
  • The stand mixer comes with a dough hook, beater, whisk, and pour shield.
    — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • And then this guy walks in with a couple holes in his wife beater.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • As the half ended, Robinson had a buzzer-beater shot at the half for a 9-8 lead.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 2 June 2018
  • To protect the integrity of the meringue, make sure your bowl and beaters are clean and dry.
    — Naomi Ross, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
  • This comb and pin beater would have been used in weaving.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Others are pounding the flames along the black with beaters.
    — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • The Democrats kept the game close late, with Benson needing a buzzer-beater layup from Olivia Hinck to take a 62-61 win.
    — oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Winston made a buzzer-beater at the end of the first half against Iowa on Tuesday didn’t count.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Then, Steven Adams launched a pass the full length of the court as Morant jumped, tipped the ball and made a midrange jumper buzzer-beater with 0.4 seconds on the clock.
    — Damichael Cole, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Nagle had the big game, but Ted Voigt's buzzer beater gave the Badgers an 80-79 win.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The Wolverines fell short of pulling off the upset in a 30-29 defeat thanks to a last minute buzzer beater.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2022

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