bruise
Example Sentences
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“A bruise is internal bleeding. But it can also be something serious. We do know that the ICE agent walked away from the incident — we have that on camera.”
From Salon
If the effort fails, it will be another bruise for an investment firm that recently stumbled in its attempt at another big deal buying the U.K.’s Telegraph and its sister paper the Spectator.
“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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
