bruise

Example Sentences

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Trainer Adam Booth urged Kelly to "be patient" late in the second before he landed a bruising left hook to earn the champion's respect.

From BBC

But despite the bruising of her sizable ego, there are still deals to be made, so she keeps Matt close, dispensing all sorts of questionable advice from her billion-dollar hilltop home.

From Los Angeles Times

Eurozone growth beat expectations to reach 1.5 percent last year, official data showed Friday, picking up pace for a second year running in spite of a bruising trade standoff with the United States.

From Barron's

In the square, they wrung out their clothes and assessed each other for bruises, and for a moment, the giddy pleasure of not being dead transcended everything.

From Literature

Looming overhead, the sky is bruised with dark clouds and constellations of fish-like blimps, each the size of a bus.

From Literature