← a large pigeon had flown into her face, and was beating her violently with its wings. 🔊
← ‘Speak roughly to your little boy, And beat him when he sneezes: 🔊
← ‘I speak severely to my boy, I beat him when he sneezes; 🔊
← ‘Perhaps not,’ Alice cautiously replied: ‘but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.’ 🔊