: having a bruise or many bruises
a badly bruised fighter
a bruised apple
: damaged or wounded by or as if by being struck
a bruised ego
Examples of bruised in a Sentence
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The transport lurches to a halt and searing light spills in as this truckload of bruised, barely living prisoners, Hamid among them, is frogmarched at gunpoint into the desert.
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 May 2024
With left-hander Andrew Abbott on the mound for Cincinnati, Slater received his customary start while holding the platoon advantage but was only in center field because Jung Hoo Lee was already day-to-day with a bruised foot.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
The post comes a few days after Spears shared videos of her bruised, swollen foot on the platform shortly after hurting herself at the Los Angeles hotel.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 May 2024
The job is to take the fall, endure the pain, break the bone, then walk away — unsung, battered and bruised.
—Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 3 May 2024
Montas was hit by a line drive by Taylor Ward and left the game with a bruised right forearm after 16 pitches.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
This comes after Love recently returned from a bruised right heel that forced him to miss 14 straight games.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2024
On paper, a remake of Dennis Potter’s exquisite TV drama Pennies From Heaven starring Martin as a bruised romantic with a penchant for lip-syncing Depression-era tunes seems intriguing.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024
Prosecutors said Jabbari fractured her finger and showed jurors photos taken by police of her injuries, including a cut to her ear and the bruised and swollen finger.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024
Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 May 2024
With left-hander Andrew Abbott on the mound for Cincinnati, Slater received his customary start while holding the platoon advantage but was only in center field because Jung Hoo Lee was already day-to-day with a bruised foot.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
The post comes a few days after Spears shared videos of her bruised, swollen foot on the platform shortly after hurting herself at the Los Angeles hotel.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 May 2024
The job is to take the fall, endure the pain, break the bone, then walk away — unsung, battered and bruised.
—Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 3 May 2024
Montas was hit by a line drive by Taylor Ward and left the game with a bruised right forearm after 16 pitches.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
This comes after Love recently returned from a bruised right heel that forced him to miss 14 straight games.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2024
On paper, a remake of Dennis Potter’s exquisite TV drama Pennies From Heaven starring Martin as a bruised romantic with a penchant for lip-syncing Depression-era tunes seems intriguing.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024
Prosecutors said Jabbari fractured her finger and showed jurors photos taken by police of her injuries, including a cut to her ear and the bruised and swollen finger.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Bruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bruised. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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