[
UK
/bɹˈuːzɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈbɹuzɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɹuzɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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brutally forceful and compelling
protected from the bruising facts of battle
protected from the bruising facts of battle -
causing mental or emotional injury
protected from the bruising facts of battle
a bruising experience
protected from the bruising facts of battle
How To Use bruising In A Sentence
- She also had asphyxia due to strangulation; the hyoid bone directly under the bruising was fractured.
- The pants were straight legged, so they didn't show any bony legs and yet at the bottom, they still showed the right amount of skin, with no bruising.
- Many young Marines were left with serious bruising after receiving 20-30 blows from their peers.
- Mr Morgan crumpled to the ground with a fractured rib, collapsed lung and bruising.
- So rarely do our financial worlds collide that this week's benefit cuts made for some bruising encounters online. Times, Sunday Times
- They were lucky to escape with only mild concussion and bruising.
- He escaped with a cracked rib and bruising.
- You only consider the hounds as a fleeting object at which to ride; the fox as a necessary evil, without which all this 'rasping' and 'bruising' and 'cutting down,' as you call it in your ridiculous jargon, cannot be attained. Kate Coventry An Autobiography
- The injured party sustained a cut above the eyebrow and bruising to the cheek.
- The physical examination should focus primarily on signs of liver disease other than jaundice, including bruising, spider angiomas, gynecomastia, testicular atrophy, and palmar erythema.