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Recent Examples of bruised
Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
Even Gantu, the film’s scariest presence, is mostly there for comic relief — he has been roped into this plot against his will and only sticks with it because of a bruised ego.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Twenty-two days later, a bruised, emaciated Sherri was spotted by a motorist near a highway on-ramp 150 miles from her hometown.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 21 May 2025
Subsequent clips show Bad Bunny threatening a bruised and boxer-clad Hank, and Regina King trying to help the unintentional accomplice out of the pickle that he’s suddenly found himself in.
—Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 21 May 2025
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Adjective
After missing much of Game 2 and all of Game 3 with a bruised pelvis, Butler returned for Game 4.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
Even Gantu, the film’s scariest presence, is mostly there for comic relief — he has been roped into this plot against his will and only sticks with it because of a bruised ego.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Twenty-two days later, a bruised, emaciated Sherri was spotted by a motorist near a highway on-ramp 150 miles from her hometown.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 21 May 2025
Subsequent clips show Bad Bunny threatening a bruised and boxer-clad Hank, and Regina King trying to help the unintentional accomplice out of the pickle that he’s suddenly found himself in.
—Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruised
Adjective
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Until the world contains only liberal democracies, Washington can hardly avoid seeking blemished friends.—
Hal Brands,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Feb. 2024
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Throop returned to his hometown in 1990 to take stock of its blemished environment.—
Steve Marble,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Dec. 2022
Verb
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Then, the family members would drag their victim to a hidden cellar on the property and slit the victim’s throat, leaving them there to die.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
1 June 2025
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In April 2006, Stanko, 57, beat and strangled girlfriend Laura Ling to death and raped her teenage daughter and slit her throat.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Several broken waste bins were not fixed in a timely manner.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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The problem is worsened by the broken and outmoded state of the Oscars’ Best International Feature category, which lets foreign governments handpick their own submissions and launder their public images.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
25 June 2025
Verb
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In another incident that month, a train conductor was slashed in the neck.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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So much so that movement speeds of loads (up or down) were slashed by 85% compared to common-or-garden backpacks.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Quality concerns have dogged the industry for years: In 2023, four people died after using tainted eye drops made in India, and others had to have their eyeballs surgically removed.—
Katherine Dailey,
ProPublica,
18 June 2025
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The tainted Tylenol bottles had been sold at various drugstores across the Chicago area.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Throughout the nineteen-sixties, the Chairman hacked away at the bureaucracy, focussing especially on ministries dealing with culture, education, and public health.—
Charlie Tyson,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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Making matters worse, the Polish Space Agency reported it was hacked on March 2.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Bruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruised. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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