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Bruise meaning
To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse. | To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way. | Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
Example sentences (20)
Barnsley fled the address when his victim dialled 999. She was left with cuts, a bruise below her eye and a bruise on her neck.
As a result, its collapse in Scotland in recent years has created not just an electoral nuisance, but a deep psychological bruise.
DENVER (AP) — Colorado activated Kris Bryant before the Rockies’ game against the Detroit Tigers on Friday, a month after the outfielder was placed on the injured list with a left heel bruise.
Doing all of this through a significant bone bruise makes the veteran’s production that much more impressive.
Dry weather had been on for some time, but humidity had returned, and the heat was so intense that towering, bruise-colored clouds shadowed the city.
During a row, he had grabbed her arm and caused it to bruise as he pushed her out of room.
Leading scorer and rebounder Dawson Garcia is still out indefinitely with a bone bruise injury.
Miraculously, her fellow constable escaped with only a bruise to the left thigh.
Pickett’s already hurt through a bone bruise, a calf strain, and who knows what else.
Some more swelling in my sternum, more bruising obviously, but just like a bone bruise.
The Angels have consistently described Rendon’s injury as a deep bone bruise.
While her earlier self-released music placed Marcus squarely in the DIY singer-songwriter camp, “Heart-Shaped Bruise” is both more accessible and harder to pin to a specific genre.
Both players received lengthy treatment, and although Harris continued with a bruise under his right eye, he was taken off at half-time.
Check for ripening when peaches colour up and come off with a gentle twist: don’t press the flesh as fruit bruise all too easily.
He called the injury a “deep bruise,” and nothing more.
If that sounds more like a bruise than a map, it captures the mood of the electorate very well.
Late in the game, Harrison suffered a deep thigh bruise, but with some rest, should be good to go in two weeks, Vickery said.
Over the next week her face began to swell and bruise - and she developed a terrible snoring problem.
Potatoes can bruise as they bounce along conveyors, which affects quality and can break the skin, allowing bacteria and disease to enter the tuber.
Rams corner Cobie Durant suffered a lung bruise against the Bills on Sunday, so Emmanuel Forbes Jr., signed last week, might have to replace him Thursday.