contuses

present tense third-person singular of contuse

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for contuses
Verb
  • But as the war tears at civilian life, Sashi’s four brothers and their friend K are pulled into the conflict.
    Eliana Ramage September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Bad Bunny plays Colorado, the drug ring leader, and Regina King is a crooked NY cop who tears the protagonist’s ordinary life apart.
    Malik Peay, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This interaction damages skin cells and can trigger irritation, redness, stinging or burning.
    Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • If the power outage is specific to your home, say a lightning strike damages your electrical system, things change.
    Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Set against Mumbai’s relentless pulse, their delicate connection faces tests as personal histories, desires, and wounds resurface.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • No policy wounds Tibetan dignity more profoundly than attempts to co-opt its spiritual and institutional heart.
    Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This is an inflammatory condition in which swelling injures the optic nerve, disrupting the transmission of visual information from the eye to the brain.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • One speaker there who expressed support for trans athletes in girls' sports suggested that McNabb's injury shouldn't be used to justify banning males from girls' volleyball, and that any female athlete who injures an opponent should also be banned in that case.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The danger for Streeting, who is widely seen as a possible successor to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is that the row hurts the wider economy.
    Ian King, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Mamdani is just a much better politician than Bush, as his entire agenda speaks to the affordability crisis that disproportionately hurts Black voters.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Contuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contuses. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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