How to Use beat off in a Sentence

beat off

verb
  • Breathing problems which sent my heart beat off the charts.
    — David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
  • He regularly gets beat off the bounce by quicker players.
    — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The dogs had driven the woman into the surf before a tourist came to her rescue, beating off the dingoes.
    — CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The dogs had driven the woman into the surf before a tourist came to her rescue, beating off the dingoes.
    — CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Liverpool had to beat off competition from Manchester City before Abe signed for their under-nines.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Happiness beat off competition from second place The Flaws, an absurdist comedy for ZDF that won the official competition at the same fest.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 June 2026
  • On this play, Tegra Tshabola got beat off the ball, forcing Donaldson to take a different hole before running into a defender who center Carson Hinzman was on until the hole shifted.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In 2024, it was given to Netflix France series Class Act, which beat off competition from huge hits like The Bear, Beef and Succession.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP What To Know Obama beat off stiff competition from the likes of David Attenborough and Tom Hanks to win the Outstanding Narrator prize for his narration of the five-part Netflix series Our Oceans, which examines marine life across the world's oceans.
    — Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025

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