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bruised

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verb

past tense of bruise

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bruised
Adjective
She was accused of slapping an infant, who had a bruised eye after being picked up from her Mount Laurel residence, as well as a toddler, both of whom were under her care. Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025 The investigation into Ingraham began after a baby was taken to the doctor for a bruised eye following being picked up from her home, officials said. Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025 Brandon Drury scratched The infielder was scratched from Friday’s Cactus League lineup with a bruised left hand. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025 Holberg left the apartment cut, bruised and bleeding from her head where Towery struck her. CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bruised
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruised
Adjective
  • Until the world contains only liberal democracies, Washington can hardly avoid seeking blemished friends.
    Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Throop returned to his hometown in 1990 to take stock of its blemished environment.
    Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
Verb
  • Then, fearing he'd be blamed, Tripp stole a knife from the office of pastry chef Didier Gotthard (Bronson Pinchot) and used it to slit A.B.'s wrists in order to make his death look more like a suicide.
    Megan McCluskey, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Heat is then directed upward and outward via outlet slits on the card edges to reduce the recirculation of heated air.
    John Burek, PCMAG, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Photos taken by the Associated Press on Sunday show broken windows and a damaged door at the front of the residence.
    Chandelis Duster, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025
  • In Okonkwo’s case, a broken wrist kept the former Arsenal ’keeper out for 11 league games.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In another incident that month, a train conductor was slashed in the neck.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • So much so that movement speeds of loads (up or down) were slashed by 85% compared to common-or-garden backpacks.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But publishers are often slow to retract tainted papers, even when alerted to obvious fraud.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Publishers, however, are often slow to retract tainted papers, even when alerted to obvious signs of fraud.
    Guillaume Cabanac, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Throughout the nineteen-sixties, the Chairman hacked away at the bureaucracy, focussing especially on ministries dealing with culture, education, and public health.
    Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Making matters worse, the Polish Space Agency reported it was hacked on March 2.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025

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“Bruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruised. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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