flesh wound
a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.
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How to use flesh wound in a sentence
Perhaps after all his principal meant to take a flesh wound, and so end the matter.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsHe had received a flesh-wound above the eyes, and his forehead was bandaged, but the rest of the face uncovered.
Coming Home | Edith WhartonRodney received a light flesh wound, but most of the Americans escaped uninjured, while several of the enemy were killed.
Rodney, the Ranger | John V. LaneBut one among the Rangers was hit, and that was Rodney, he receiving a slight flesh wound in the left arm.
Rodney, the Ranger | John V. LaneAt that moment, an arrow whizzed through my buckskin shirt, just making a flesh wound on the shoulder.
Christopher Carson | John S. C. Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for flesh wound
/ (wuːnd) /
a wound affecting superficial tissues
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