How to Use bruising in a Sentence

bruising

adjective

• The bruising and swelling in Brie’s head has gone down.
  — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 3 Apr. 2020
• Throw in Brexit and the contest looks even more bruising.
  — Bloomberg.com, 23 Feb. 2018
• The cat, now known as Stanley, also was found to have bruising and its legs were wrapped in duct tape.
  — Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2018
• That sets up what is likely to be a bruising battle in the U.S. Congress.
  — Reuters, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2017
• Few battles in the tech world have been as bruising as the global ride-sharing wars.
  — WSJ, 13 June 2017
• The absence of Chara could prove to be the tipping point in a bruising battle between the Bruins and Blues.
  — Stephen Whyno, The Denver Post, 5 June 2019
• An exam found bruising and signs of trauma on her body, the report said.
  — Allie Morris, ExpressNews.com, 31 July 2019
• Newman scored the first two baskets and the Vikings held on for a bruising victory.
  — Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2018
• Pelosi is no stranger to the bruising street battles of politics.
  — Lisa Mascaro, latimes.com, 11 May 2017
• But when his wife's grandmother asked about the bruising and swelling on her face, Reese began to yell.
  — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2018
• Michigan also had a slight edge in first downs, 21-20, in what was a bruising display of defense on the part of the Wolverines.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2019
• For Grab's Tan, the truce brings to an end a bruising battle for leadership in Southeast Asia.
  — Bloomberg, latimes.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• The Post has been critical of Trump, helping stoke the bruising Twitter war between the two men.
  — Spencer Soper, Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• Grade 2 is likely to result in more severe pain, bruising and swelling.
  — Amos Morale Iii, NOLA.com, 29 Dec. 2017
• In this case, Iowa must control the ball with its bruising offensive line and convert on third down.
  — Scott Dochterman, ajc, 1 Sep. 2017
• Still, not every Supreme Court case in the term was a bruising battle; in dozens of cases the court’s members largely agreed.
  — Brent Kendall, WSJ, 28 June 2018
• Nashville and Winnipeg met in the second round and duked it out in a bruising, seven-game series.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 24 May 2018
• Setbacks for Breed Boy, that was a bruising battle for London Breed.
  — Jason W. Lloren, SFChronicle.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• Morgan has bruising words for British leaders, as well.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 19 Apr. 2020
• China’s leaders are bracing for a bruising fight with the United States over trade.
  — Alexandra Stevenson, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2018
• The Supreme Court could agree with the state in its appeal and allow the current maps to stand, handing a bruising loss to those who have spent years challenging the maps.
  — Alexa Ura, star-telegram, 23 Apr. 2018
• Coach Kevin Sumlin said there's a chance, and the Aggies dearly need him against a bruising defensive line.
  — Brent Zwerneman, Houston Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2017
• Those tend to spike later in the season, when players are more fatigued and their bodies have absorbed months of bruising play.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 11 July 2019
• Corker served as the mayor of Chattanooga before winning a bruising race for a Senate seat in 2006.
  — Ryan Teague Beckwith, Time, 24 Oct. 2017
• This sets the stage for a potentially bruising price war that could further crimp profits.
  — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
• That triggered a bruising price war for mobile services.
  — Bhuma Shrivastava, Bloomberg.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• Hospital staff contacted the agency after the child was brought in with a fractured leg as well as bruising and swelling around his eyes.
  — Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2018
• That growth is now increasingly threatened by the bruising trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.
  — Alexandra Stevenson, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
• After a bruising year, the strong-dollar trade is staging a comeback heading into the final stretch of 2017.
  — Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2017
• All of this has been pushed by the DNC, acting on the recommendations of a unity commission formed in the wake of the bruising 2016 primary.
  — NBC News, 28 July 2019

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