bruise
Example Sentences
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“I would say that our agent is beat up, he’s bruised, he’s injured, he’s getting treatment,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters Thursday, saying the agency was “thankful that he made it out alive.”
From Los Angeles Times
He previously struggled with bone bruising in his upper arm - the same injury that has sidelined British number one Jack Draper for four months.
From BBC
A bruised ego isn’t the only obstacle to a career change.
Her off-season was also disrupted by what she described as "light bone bruising" on her right foot.
From BBC
Then there’s bruising running back Mark Fletcher Jr., who runs through 300-pound defenders as if they were made of marshmallow.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
