How do you use Bruising in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like harmful or forceful, plus the exact meaning.
Bruising in a sentence
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Bruising meaning
present participle and gerund of bruise
Using Bruising
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of bruise
- Useful related words include: harmful, forceful.
- In the example corpus, bruising often appears in combinations such as: and bruising, bruising and, bruising to.
Context around Bruising
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bruising
- In this selection, "bruising" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, causing, extensive, skull, day, defenceman and war stand out and add context to how "bruising" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bruising day in and a few bruising score lines. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bruising" sits close to words such as afcon, asphalt and beads, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bruising
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Fortunately, Hodges only incurred severe bruising from the space rock. (10 words)
Growers use the data to determine how to adjust their equipment for the least bruising. (15 words)
But keeping the material flowing for this bruising war is proving a challenge for arms manufacturers. (16 words)
After completing a necropsy on the female whale the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said the wounds included a fractured skull, bruising on the head, and cuts on the whale's right side, which were likely caused by a propeller strike. (40 words)
As a result, the victim was left with serious injuries, including fractures to the skull and ribs, a broken arm, loss of vision to his left eye, as well as bruising and swelling to his face and body. (38 words)
Garda Ronan Morris told the court that when a colleague arrived on the scene, the injured party had a deep cut in his cheek under his right eye and also bruising under the left eye. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The photographs that I have seen and the autopsy report both indicate that there was relatively extensive bruising on the body, including bruising to the abdominal wall.
A bruising day in Spielberg but we have a chance to make it right in a few days at Silverstone.
According to the medical experts, those suffering from the injury will also experience a rapid loss of erection (somewhat unsurprisingly), swelling and bruising.
After completing a necropsy on the female whale the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said the wounds included a fractured skull, bruising on the head, and cuts on the whale's right side, which were likely caused by a propeller strike.
After picking her son up, the mother claimed he had serious bruising and swelling on his face.
A Northamptonshire Police spokeswoman said in a statement today (October 23): “A verbal argument between a man and a woman escalated, with the man crushing the woman’s hand, causing bruising.
A private security officer responding to the report of shots fired was struck by a bullet that deflected off her eyeglasses, causing bruising and lacerations, the sheriff said.
As a result, the victim was left with serious injuries, including fractures to the skull and ribs, a broken arm, loss of vision to his left eye, as well as bruising and swelling to his face and body.
Authorities beat and sexually assaulted a 17-year-old boy, bruising him all over and causing bleeding from his anus, a family member said.
Back at Wetton's halls, he hurled a glass bottle at Dan, leaving him with yellow bruising and swelling to the left side of his face.
Bruising defenceman Arber Xhekaj is out indefinitely following an injury sustained in a fight, but the Habs didn’t shy away from the rough stuff without their heavyweight.
But keeping the material flowing for this bruising war is proving a challenge for arms manufacturers.
But they also warn that it bursts tiny blood vessels — called capillaries — beneath the skin, which may lead to bruising.
China has sought to expand its influence around the world as its leader, Xi Jinping, consolidates power back home while reviving the economy from the bruising zero-Covid policy.
Fortunately, Hodges only incurred severe bruising from the space rock.
Garda Ronan Morris told the court that when a colleague arrived on the scene, the injured party had a deep cut in his cheek under his right eye and also bruising under the left eye.
Growers use the data to determine how to adjust their equipment for the least bruising.
He said he was "fuming" and hit her across the face with the back of his hand causing bruising to her lip.
He was sporting bandages and a vertical stitch line to go with bruising, swelling and a shiner.
His individual stats do not reflect too badly, but Wednesday are rock bottom of the table with just one win in 16. There have been a few bruising score lines, too.
Common combinations with bruising
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and bruising 24×
- bruising and 20×
- bruising to 18×
- bruising on 12×
- the bruising 12×
- after bruising 9×
- with bruising 7×
- extensive bruising 4×
- causing bruising 4×
- as bruising 4×