Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contused
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Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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Frazier Rehabilitation Institute In 1929, Amelia Brown Frazier, George Garvin Brown’s granddaughter, was injured in an automobile accident that changed her life forever.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Police are responding to a shooting that left multiple people injured at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University Saturday night, during the school’s Homecoming weekend.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov told The Guardian that drone teams killed or wounded 18,000 Russian soldiers in September alone.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Kidd died at the scene, while another man who police hadn't named Monday was wounded and taken to an area hospital for treatment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Evan Thompson, Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, warned Melissa could be worse than previous major storms that battered the island, such as Hurricane Wilma in 2005.—
Kristin Wright,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
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Intel has been on a parabolic move higher and the third quarter earnings report confirmed that this battered and bruised former chip champion is back.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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We were bullied, after all, by the older teenagers who beat us on a regular basis, bloodied our mouths with one punch.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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In Round 2, the numbers were still competitive, but Jandiroba caught Dern with a knee and bloodied her up.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The sauna business will launch at Hart Park months after historic August flooding damaged and closed much of the 52-acre park, which is located on a floodplain.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Stop Fertilizing Fertilizing prompts new growth, and fall isn’t the time for crepe myrtle trees or shrubs to focus on developing new branches and leaves that can be damaged by winter freezes.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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This deer can’t even grab a bite at the local deer feeder without getting gored.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this year, a New Jersey man who was visiting Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Nineteen people are confirmed dead in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa tore through the island as a Category 5 hurricane this week -- and that death toll is expected to rise, officials said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean in recent days, leaving a wake of destruction as some of the region’s poorest countries struggled to cope with the storm.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Contused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contused. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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