“The battered boxer reeled into his corner at the end of the first round.”

“She explains that her experience is not uncommon among battered spouses.”

“Clint didn't look back at them either and kept walking straight to the battered shack that he'd visited the night before.”

“The wings are blue and resemble batlike wings, thin, blue membrane supported by fingers ending in black claws.”

“It was as if the last swoop of that batlike figure had returned them to consciousness.”

“The katydid Neoconocephalus ensinger only ceases calling in response to batlike ultrasound when the calls are played in the window of silence between stridulatory syllables.”

“Faint, hard-to-read indicators and an obtuse, non-intuitive interface drove me batty trying to move from one screen to the next.”

“She was bats and contrary, but she seemed to be self-aware with a genuine sense of humor about her own battiness and contrariness.”