bruise
Example Sentences
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Reaves, who has a bruise on his shooting wrist, finished with 18 points.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
In the early days after injury, a hematoma or bruise develops at the fracture site.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
“A bruise is internal bleeding. But it can also be something serious. We do know that the ICE agent walked away from the incident — we have that on camera.”
From Salon • Jan. 16, 2026
The large dose of aspirin he chooses to take daily has caused him to bruise easily, he said, and he has been encouraged by his doctors to take a lower dose.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
Now I had to face the possibility that we really could lose her, and my heart felt like a soft, damaged place in my chest, like a bruise on a peach.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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