How do you use Bruise in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like hurt or injure, plus the exact meaning.
Bruise in a sentence
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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.
Synonyms of Bruise
Using Bruise
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: hurt, injure, wound, kindle.
- In the example corpus, bruise often appears in combinations such as: bruise on, bone bruise, bruise and.
Context around Bruise
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 13 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bruise
- In this selection, "bruise" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bone, psychological, towering, makes, colored and injury stand out and add context to how "bruise" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bone bruise and a bone bruise a calf. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bruise" sits close to words such as abrogation, airman and algonquin, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bruise
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He called the injury a “deep bruise,” and nothing more. (10 words)
Miraculously, her fellow constable escaped with only a bruise to the left thigh. (13 words)
The Angels have consistently described Rendon’s injury as a deep bone bruise. (13 words)
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. (30 words)
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. (26 words)
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. (26 words)
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.
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.
Results of the exam showed a left knee bone bruise and the 26-year-old American will be reevaluated in two weeks, the Pelicans announced.
Common combinations with bruise
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bruise on 14×
- bone bruise 11×
- bruise and 9×
- and bruise 5×
- or bruise 5×
- the bruise 4×
- to bruise 3×
- with bruise 3×
- large bruise 3×
- bruise as 2×