bruising
Example Sentences
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Sutton said his old club have been "flat-track bullies" by "beating the teams you expect them to beat", but the collapse in Austria, plus Sunday's bruising loss, has highlighted glaring deficiencies.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
For such a bruising cut, the lyrics of “The Edge of Perfection” are surprisingly optimistic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Chip stocks were staging a sharp rally on Thursday, continuing their comeback from a bruising selloff at the start of the week.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The bruising recession that followed left the central banker convinced the global economy had become too dependent on the U.S. and its reserve currency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Tom, who was born in 1881, was the third of their five children; among them was Doc, the youngest, and Dudley, Tom’s bruising older brother with whom he was particularly close.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
