contuse

Example Sentences

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But in this moment, eight days into a hospital stay after a horrendous car accident that left her bruised, contused and confused, she leans into the comfort of confiding in a four-legged friend.

From Washington Times

“The contused areas show the swelling to be receding.”

From Seattle Times

Upton, back in the Angels lineup after sitting out one game because of a contused forearm, went one for four.

From Los Angeles Times

If you don’t watch yourself, with every move you’ll end up being gashed, broken, bruised or contused.

From Time

That day, he’d seen an elderly man who had taken a bad spill two or three weeks earlier, resulting in a contused kidney and a compression fracture of his lower spine.

From The New Yorker