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How to use the word Bruise in a Sentence?

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Upwards of 60 % of injuries in mosh pits are to the head -- these can range in severity from a bump or bruise to a traumatic brain injury. And can be the result of flailing arms, getting pushed into another person, or falling to the ground.

– Rami Hashish

Found on CNN
2 years ago

He’s got a significant bone bruise there, but the X-ray was negative so it’s just real sore. We’ll see how he feels tomorrow, it takes a while for it to bark. He slid, he felt it, but it was sore already. But it’s just like if something’s sore, you hit it again, it hurts again. If it was going to stiffen up more, that’s why sometimes you get a guy out right away and put ice on it.

– La Russa

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

– Anne Bradstreet

added by Normando
4 years ago

A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.

– George R.R. Martin

added by Normando
5 years ago

It’s fast and it’s easy, you really don’t bruise from it.

– Melissa Doft

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

He did not have a spot on his body that didn’t have a bruise or abrasion… It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen.

– Jody Thompson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

If you love me then really love me. Don’t pretend, don’t just say it, and don’t leave like everyone before you. Love me, and love me to the end, stand by my side, and hold me when I cry. Love me like it’s the only chance you’ve got, because even though I’m not the best at saying “no” when someone offers love, I’m one bruise away from being broken. So love me like you mean it

– Natalie Allison

added by anonymous
6 years ago

I tried to grip a ball on the sideline and thought it was just a bruise I could (play) through, but I went in and got the X-ray.

– Cincinnati Bengals

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We were absolutely surprised at the video, there were 50 bruise marks all over his body. They beat him.

– The Rev. Jesse Jackson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Nothing is nailed into the tree. So there's a tripod that we strap to the tree and the feet of this tripod are made of neoprene, so they mold to the bark. So once you've taken the step down, there's no sign it was ever up. And it doesn't bruise the tree underneath the bark.

– Robert McIntyre

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

added by anonymous
13 years ago

A torn jacket is soon mended but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

added by anonymous
14 years ago

A gentle word is never lost...It cheers the heart when sorrow-tossed, And lulls the cares that bruise it.

– Hastings

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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