: 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
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Vincent finished with nine points after missing the Lakers’ previous three games because of a bruised left knee.
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Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2025
Basden plays the deadpan straight man and Key is the clown with a bruised heart, equal parts annoying and endearing.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025
Ball played through a bruised tailbone in late October.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
And the effect has been the application of that shooting sleeve, an accessory that almost seems out of place on the most bloodied and bruised arm in the NBA — the shooting arm of a three-time MVP center.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2025
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Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2025
Basden plays the deadpan straight man and Key is the clown with a bruised heart, equal parts annoying and endearing.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025
Ball played through a bruised tailbone in late October.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
And the effect has been the application of that shooting sleeve, an accessory that almost seems out of place on the most bloodied and bruised arm in the NBA — the shooting arm of a three-time MVP center.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Bruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bruised. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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