bruised

Example Sentences

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Bruised and battered, Mendoza played like it was the last game of his college life, which it was, but he always played that way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Bruised and battle-hardened, Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills face Denver on Saturday as their star quarterback seeks to reach his first Super Bowl and add the NFL's biggest prize to his list of accolades.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Bruised, bloodied but unbowed, JuJu Watkins had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead USC to a 65-62 win over Arizona in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament at MGM Grand Garden Arena.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024

In the 2014 X-Men film, Canto played mutant Sunspot, and co-star Halle Berry later cast him in her movie Bruised.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2024

The ground was blanketed with fresh white snow as the Witchlings and one black wagon containing one cranky toad, pulled by Thorn, wound through town toward the Bruised Apple Bookshop.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega