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bruising

[ UK /bɹˈuːzɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɹuzɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. brutally forceful and compelling
    protected from the bruising facts of battle
    protected from the bruising facts of battle
  2. 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.
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