bruising

Example Sentences

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Bruising truth is more or less Beckett’s brand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Bruising the lemon grass releases its flavor and fragrance.

From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2023

DeShawn Cobbs, Fullerton, 6-0, 210, Sr.: Bruising running back gained 1,305 yards.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023

Bruising ex-cop, grubby private eye, Hollywood fixer and confidant Freddy Otash was the kind of behind-the-scenes figure who kept crawling toward the limelight.

From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2021

Bruising, hoarseness, the sore larynx, this strange little cough — not to be worried about.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins