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as in brushes
to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
the volleyball just grazed my face, so I'm okay
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Recent Examples of grazes
Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Two other guests who were in the area did sustain some injuries, though, and they were treated for minor grazes by park first aid officials and released, according to park officials.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Two Disneyland guests in the area were treated by Disneyland First Aid for minor grazes and released, according to Disneyland officials.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
The Los Angeles experience consists mostly of such tangential connections and brief grazes of luxury.
—Joe Joyce, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
An American Bison grazes in fields on the Southern Plains Land Trust Heartland Ranch Nature Preserve on September 23, 2022 near Lamar, Colorado.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
People taking anticoagulants can also experience serious bleeds from small cuts or grazes, uncontrolled nosebleeds, blood in the urine and, more rarely, brain hemorrhages or bleeding in the lungs.
—David Cox, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
As a journalist with a deep interest in our public lands, and a working rancher who grazes his own cattle on BLM ground in the same part of Montana where AP has been acquiring land, McKean is uniquely positioned at the intersection of all this.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
After someone in the other party fires a potshot that grazes the head of one of Rex’s fiends, another buddy returns fire and kills the original shooter.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
Their hemline grazes the top of Chelsea boots, giving you a little pop of color at the bottom of your ’fit to coordinate with jackets, bags, and belts.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
There is even a massage with horses, during which a horse grazes nearby while a massage therapist works out your aches and pains.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
In his article for Mosaic magazine, Israeli computer scientist Moshe Koppel calculates that Sefaria’s digitized library, about a thousand volumes, barely grazes the surface.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
McCray was hurt, too; he was hit in the foot and leg and also suffered grazes on his back.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Two other guests who were in the area did sustain some injuries, though, and they were treated for minor grazes by park first aid officials and released, according to park officials.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Two Disneyland guests in the area were treated by Disneyland First Aid for minor grazes and released, according to Disneyland officials.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
The Los Angeles experience consists mostly of such tangential connections and brief grazes of luxury.
—Joe Joyce, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
Yara Shahidi’s delicate coils pop with the lightly layered cut that grazes her shoulders.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
An American Bison grazes in fields on the Southern Plains Land Trust Heartland Ranch Nature Preserve on September 23, 2022 near Lamar, Colorado.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
People taking anticoagulants can also experience serious bleeds from small cuts or grazes, uncontrolled nosebleeds, blood in the urine and, more rarely, brain hemorrhages or bleeding in the lungs.
—David Cox, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
As a journalist with a deep interest in our public lands, and a working rancher who grazes his own cattle on BLM ground in the same part of Montana where AP has been acquiring land, McKean is uniquely positioned at the intersection of all this.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
After someone in the other party fires a potshot that grazes the head of one of Rex’s fiends, another buddy returns fire and kills the original shooter.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
Their hemline grazes the top of Chelsea boots, giving you a little pop of color at the bottom of your ’fit to coordinate with jackets, bags, and belts.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
There is even a massage with horses, during which a horse grazes nearby while a massage therapist works out your aches and pains.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
In his article for Mosaic magazine, Israeli computer scientist Moshe Koppel calculates that Sefaria’s digitized library, about a thousand volumes, barely grazes the surface.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grazes
bruises
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When the baby was rescued, her head was bandaged, and she was covered with dirt and bruises.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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Each day before filming, Miranda sat for between three and five hours while makeup artists applied full-body tattoos, bruises and scars.—
Karla León,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Grazes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grazes. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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