Example Sentences

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Bruised and battered, Mendoza played like it was the last game of his college life, which it was, but he always played that way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Bruised and battle-hardened, Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills face Denver on Saturday as their star quarterback seeks to reach his first Super Bowl and add the NFL's biggest prize to his list of accolades.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

In the 2014 X-Men film, Canto played mutant Sunspot, and co-star Halle Berry later cast him in her movie Bruised.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2024

Bruised by dampened demand for riskier assets caused by surging U.S.

From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2023

Mrs. Dimblewit, her face red, Pixel with her head down in the corner as Mrs. Dimblewit recounted the events of the Bruised Apple Bookshop.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega