: having a bruise or many bruises
a badly bruised fighter
a bruised apple
: damaged or wounded by or as if by being struck
a bruised ego
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Jonathan is standing over Coach, who is lounging in a hammock like a bruised banana that is too good to touch the counter.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026
Marchán will play again on Wednesday because Realmuto will need some rest for his bruised right foot.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Realmuto went down with a bruised foot in the second inning and Sánchez (1-1) was tagged for four runs — two earned — with six strikeouts in five innings.
—CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
The mother of the malnourished and badly bruised youngster, Dominque Servant, 33, has been charged, alongside her boyfriend, Joey Ruffin, 38, with causing Markell’s death in February.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026
Marchán will play again on Wednesday because Realmuto will need some rest for his bruised right foot.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Realmuto went down with a bruised foot in the second inning and Sánchez (1-1) was tagged for four runs — two earned — with six strikeouts in five innings.
—CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
The mother of the malnourished and badly bruised youngster, Dominque Servant, 33, has been charged, alongside her boyfriend, Joey Ruffin, 38, with causing Markell’s death in February.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Bruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bruised. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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