beating

They are beating the air.

The bird is beating feebly.

drums were beating in the distance.

my heart was beating fast and furious.

The sailboat was beating along the coast.

waves beating the shore.

The rain was beating against/on the deck.

There is no sense in beating around the bush.

To argue with him is like beating the air.

The beating came and went in waves.

The team took a terrible beating.

The police are beating the town for the escapee.

I felt elated at beating Dennis.

the rain was beating hard against Miss Orilie's galvanize.

a new initiative aimed at beating the menace of drugs.

we won't be psyched out of beating them.

My heart suddenly began beating violently.

She provoked him into beating her.

They caught him and gave him a violent beating.