bruise

Example Sentences

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In the early days after injury, a hematoma or bruise develops at the fracture site.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Nine days ago, she suffered a torn ACL, a bone bruise and meniscus damage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 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

As he has pivoted from this declaration a decade later, one would think his ego would bruise from his non-stop insistence that he’s too ignorant for anyone to expect him to know things.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025

My shoulders slumped, and I felt an ache like a bruise where the ghost hand grabbed me.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce