How to use bruise in a sentence

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• The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.From the entry spill
• He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.From the entry tenderness
• Pressing on the bruise produces a dull pain.From the entry dull
• He had a constellation of bruises on his side.From the entry constellation
• A bad enough bruise can discolor the skin.From the entry discolor
• Sure the others had a couple scuff marks, but he got the worst of it with all the bruises.From the entry get the worst of it
• It's just a bruise, you'll live.From the entry you'll live
• A utility pole shone yellow like a sick bruise high up over them.2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 34. From the entry utility pole
• Often, I left a bruise: the blade's tip ricocheting off chestguards onto skin.2019, Mary Jean Chan, Flèche. From the entry chestguard
• The boy, Poseidon Quinones, had bruises on his head and torso, the police said.2014 November 16, Benjamin Mueller, “Police Examine Death of a Boy and an Attack on a Girl”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The…. From the entry Poseidon
• He bore more than his share of cuts, bruises, caked dirt, and dried blood.2012, Richard Castle [pseudonym; Tom Straw], chapter 19, in Frozen Heat (Nikki Heat; 4), →ISBN, pages 288–289. From the entry jailwear
• They were gopping: the biggest bruises I have ever seen on his thighs and legs.2010, Matt Croucher, Bullet Proof, page 147. From the entry gopping
• The bruises were real, but I had to give them to myself.2008, Daniel Allen Cox, Shuck, ReadHowYouWant, page 31. From the entry donkey-punch
• It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage.."2007, Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World, Lulu.com, page 15. From the entry switch
• The bruise on my cheek had ripened into an underlying violet with an alienish green tinge.2007, Nancy Bush, Electric Blue, page 212. From the entry alienish
• His bruises from the fight did funny things to her womanly instincts.2004, Emma Holly, Strange Attractions, →ISBN, page 265. From the entry jump someone's bones
• They're less expensive since they might have a bruise or two, but otherwise they're fresh nd juicy.2002, Ken Haedrich, “Very Apple Apple Pies”, in Apple Pie: 100 Delicious and Decidedly Different Recipes for America’s Favorite Pie…. From the entry drop
• A trimensional scan showed only cuts, bruises and a small fracture in her kneecap.1996, W[illiam] R[och] Thompson, Infiltrator, New York, N.Y. […]: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 223. From the entry trimensional
• And Rinda was suddenly aware of a blue bruise just beneath his left eye.1984, Valerie Sherwood, Born to love, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 131. From the entry lovepat
• Bruises and bumps in the Kentucky camp were as common as bums at a free barbecue.1938 October 25, “Wildcats Fall Before Xavier 26-7 at Cincy”, in The Kentucky Kernel, volume 29, number 12, Lexington, Kentucky, page 1. From the entry common as bums
• She ran her fingers down his leg, tugging up his jeans to reveal a blue-red bruise already starting to swell.2021, Allie Boniface, Inferno of Love. From the entry blue-red
• This was worn underneath the habergeon or coat of mail to prevent bruises, but later it formed the principal defensive garment.2016, Rose G. Kretsinger, The Art of Quilting and Designs in America, Read Books Ltd, →ISBN. From the entry habergeon
• "Shame on those who defile the community by resorting to brutal combat, combat which results in bruises and a bloodied nose.2015, Yoni Elkins, Chelm Stories My Saba Sent Me, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry shonda
• Mets centerfielder Carlos Beltran has been out since June 22 with a bone bruise on his right knee.2009 July 30, Joe Lapointe, “A Personal Twin Bill for Mets’ Castillo”, in New York Times. From the entry centerfielder
• As it is, the bruise is a deep one.2008, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, A dangerous climate. From the entry as it is
• His face, as near as I could see in the bruises and steady streams of blood, grimaced and laxened.2007, Erika Mailman, Woman of Ill Fame, page 245. From the entry laxen
• The cover is as navy as a bruise.2006, Samantha Hunt, The Seas: A Novel, page 57. From the entry navy
• Swellings are partly pockets of blood, like bruises are.2004 April 1, Peter de Vroomen, “spring is back, bones get wrecked”, in alt.skate-board (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026. From the entry inflammate
• She had welts and bruises all over.2003, House of Sand and Fog, 00:43:39. From the entry eight-ball
• There are postmortem bruises on the legs and arms that show where pressure was applied to break rigor.1997, William Heffernan, Winter's Gold, page 90. From the entry break rigor
• He was unharmed except for minor bruises; but he was the most chastened dog I have ever seen.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter V, in The Land That Time Forgot. From the entry screw
• Illfitting saddles produce sore backs, sitfasts, injury in the region of girth and bruises resulting in fistulous withers.1910, Albert Thomas Kinsley, A Text Book of Veterinary Pathology, page 41. From the entry illfitting
• The maid had entered with us, and began once more to foment the bruise upon her mistress's brow.1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, Norton, published 2005, page 1178. From the entry foment
• Bumps, bruises, and scratches are often the result of their efforts to outstrip each other in the headlong race.1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 3, page 243. From the entry headlong
• In the full glow of the moon, I could just make out the dark bruise of my claiming bite on her neck.2017, Steffanie Holmes, Wedding the Wolf, unnumbered page. From the entry claiming bite

Meaning of bruise

1. verb To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse.
2. verb To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.
3. verb Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.

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Questions about bruise in a sentence

How do you use bruise in a sentence?

Bruise is used as a verb and noun. For example: “Bananas bruise easily.”

What is a short sentence with bruise?

“Bananas bruise easily.”

What does bruise mean?

Bruise means to strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse.