bruise

Example Sentences

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In the early days after injury, a hematoma or bruise develops at the fracture site.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

The large dose of aspirin he chooses to take daily has caused him to bruise easily, he said, and he has been encouraged by his doctors to take a lower dose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

As he has pivoted from this declaration a decade later, one would think his ego would bruise from his non-stop insistence that he’s too ignorant for anyone to expect him to know things.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025

The Lakers said Doncic has a left finger sprain and lower left leg bruise and will be reevaluated in about one week.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

“She was sneaking around with Trip. Trip, of all people, Izzy. She didn’t even care that—” He stopped, as if he had pressed too hard on a fresh bruise.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng