bruise
Example Sentences
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He also started diligently airbrushing or painting over photographs of the deceased: “I paint out all the abrasions, cuts and bruises, and open the eyes,” he explained, essentially resurrecting a likeness of the victim.
His voice - bruised, buttery and intimate - has been an inescapable undercurrent of Bollywood, narrating heartbreaks, longings and reconciliations for millions for more than a decade.
From BBC
Given the cumulative impacts of inflation and renewed uncertainty around a new government shutdown, bruised consumer confidence in the U.S. could dent demand and investor sentiment.
From Barron's
Given the cumulative impacts of inflation and renewed uncertainty around a new government shutdown, bruised consumer confidence in the U.S. could dent demand and investor sentiment.
From Barron's
She’s been working at it so hard the skin beneath her eyes has become blue and bruised.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
