Somewhere in Rincewind's battered soul the worm of rebellion flashed a fang.

He had to do what he could to salvage her battered soul in the few moments they had left.

His pleasures in life were minimal, and consuming buckets full of the yellow-orange liquid gave him the solace his battered soul craved.

Two battered souls, betrayed by those they loved and trusted.

Her own numbed, battered soul longed for sound.

Because, said Vimes's battered but still functional soul, you hate bloody vampires.

Rose's accumulated frustrations come clattering garishly to the surface and the full depths of her battered soul are there for all to see.

Olivier Gourmet, playing a Belgian carpenter with a sore back and a battered soul, grounds this quiet allegory in the pedestrian rhythms of work and sorrow.

He was also a stern moralist, and in many of his novels, this aspect surfaced as a keening lament for the battered soul of his city.

'Quinn, you're a battered soul,' he said to me.