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Definition of bruising in English: bruisingadjective ˈbruːzɪŋˈbruzɪŋ 1Causing a bruise or bruises. his legs took the bruising blows Example sentencesExamples - Heavyweight boxers usually slump into an exhausted embrace after battering each other for 15 bruising rounds.
- As was expected, this was a bruising encounter with both boxers trading punch for punch and bringing the crowd to its feet on a number of occasions.
- Having skied in such an ermine-lined resort, a return to the brutal shoving of Europe's lift lines could prove a bruising experience.
- Just walking around the streets is a bruising experience.
- For his intentionally bruising play, Ingram will not be punished.
- 1.1 (of a competitive situation) conducted in an aggressive way and likely to be stressful.
a bruising cabinet battle over public spending Example sentencesExamples - That looks like good news for the firm's management, who will not be dragged through a bruising battle they would probably have won anyway.
- John Roberts will certainly need nerves of steel to survive what's expected to be a bruising Senate confirmation hearing.
- Labour has been here before, both with Militant's tactics in the early 1980s and then with the bruising battle over its 1997 candidacy in Govan.
- More than 100 of the party's MPs have signed motions criticising the government's plans and he faces a bruising battle to push the measure through the Commons.
- Behind them the race had become a bruising battle with plenty of cars displaying panel damage.
- When we return: the president's most controversial Cabinet nominee survives a bruising Senate confirmation.
- It is the first time the church has had a pro-gay group campaigning within its ranks and the stage is set for a bruising battle with traditionalists, who advocate celibacy for homosexuals.
- That means we can look forward to a full and frank account of the bruising battle against Galloway, but it might also mean that a certain Labour MEP will be suffering a few restless nights.
- In a tough and sometimes bruising premier league encounter, it was the home team Ferrybank who claimed the victory in this Premier League clash.
- Yet, if tries were impossible to come by and this Irish side have still scored eight in the current championship there were some memorable moments in a bruising challenge.
- And his government still had a bruising battle over tax reform and budget consolidation to look forward to.
- Officials say President Bush is unlikely to want to subject himself to bruising confirmation hearings for a new director before the elections.
- Dennis Wyness and Lee Mair fight for possession in a bruising draw at Tynecastle as the home side, after early slumbers, awoke to claim a share of the points.
- It will also make sure that the new product wins the bruising battle with the competition to be the number one games console in homes, which in turn will lead to hefty returns in the future.
- In the U.S., the deal faces a bruising battle in Congress if the Bush administration tries to push it through in an election year.
- In a reference to the bruising shareholder battle at the Silicon Valley firm over the acquisition of Compaq, Fiorina said the battle has made the company stronger.
- Politicians will do Zambians a great favour to stop in their tracks in their bruising verbal battles to the messages of reconciliation.
- Most of those Senators are pretty popular in their home states, though Santorum may face a bruising re-election battle.
- The cull of Scottish Westminster MPs was last night given the go-ahead by Labour, sparking off a bruising battle for survival for two Scottish Cabinet ministers.
- Wasting no time from their bruising debate in Arizona last night, seven of the nine presidential candidates headed back East.
noun ˈbruːzɪŋˈbruzɪŋ mass nounBruises on the skin. her arm showed signs of bruising Example sentencesExamples - Abdominal findings and any sign of trauma or bruising also should be noted.
- The 48-year-old driver claimed he was hit around the head and sustained swelling and bruising to his face and cuts to his hands.
- The victim was left with severe swelling and bruising to his ear and eye.
- He was scratched all over his body and suffered swelling and bruising to his hand and the back of his head.
- Many young Marines were left with serious bruising after receiving 20-30 blows from their peers.
- And that leads me to deduce that there is more DNA evidence, evidence of possibly bruising, torn clothes, blood.
- But anything that left a red mark on a child for several hours, broke the skin or caused bruising would be illegal.
- Wounds, bruisings, and bee stings accounted for another 21 percent, fractures and dislocations a mere 7 percent, and head injuries 2 percent.
- The victim suffered swelling and bruising to his face and was taken to Wythenshawe Hospital.
- Ankle ligament tears are graded from one to three, and can involve anything from mild tenderness and stiffness to severe swelling and bruising.
- A 10-year-old boy was assaulted repeatedly and returned home with severe bruising round his neck on one occasion.
- Seaton advised that deficiencies may manifest in lack of energy, poor recovery from workouts, easy bruising, or other signs.
- If it wasn't for the black eye, other bruising, and the sling her arm was in, she'd look peaceful, but the abuse destroyed any peaceful look in her face.
- The victim, who suffered a black eye and bruising, was treated at Burnley General Hospital before being discharged.
- Both were kept at the hospital overnight for observation, one with cuts to his head, hands and face and the other suffering swelling and bruising to his face as well as cuts to his face, hands and body.
- One can return to normal activities in about two weeks and aching, swelling or bruising will begin to disappear after several weeks.
- The pants were straight legged, so they didn't show any bony legs and yet at the bottom, they still showed the right amount of skin, with no bruising.
- She was seen with black eyes and extensive bruising.
- For some of the lasers, you will get temporary bruising of the skin and occasionally superficial scabbing.
- Mercifully, there was no permanent damage, just bruising.
Synonyms sensitivity to pain, soreness, painfulness, inflammation, rawness
Derivatives adverb Ferocious physicality and a bruisingly emotional script combine to make Tangled Feet's first offering, Still Painful, at the Pleasance Theatre, a completely voyeuristic immersion into other people's lives. Example sentencesExamples - The story of bachelor John Bosco McLane and his ambition to get a woman at all costs wowed US audiences, with the New York Times describing it as ‘fiercely serious and bruisingly hilarious‘.
- But in the bruisingly fast world of battered global computer companies, a formidable weight rests on the slender shoulders of this 39-year-old.
- They will find themselves swiftly and bruisingly brought up against the limits of their own conditions, whatever those limits and conditions may be.
- From her bruisingly confessional lyrics to her painfully honest outbursts in front of reporters and TV cameras, she has talked herself into trouble countless times with her reckless, wayward, mutinous mouth.
Definition of bruising in US English: bruisingadjectiveˈbro͞oziNGˈbruzɪŋ 1Causing a bruise or bruises. his legs took the bruising blows Example sentencesExamples - For his intentionally bruising play, Ingram will not be punished.
- Heavyweight boxers usually slump into an exhausted embrace after battering each other for 15 bruising rounds.
- Just walking around the streets is a bruising experience.
- As was expected, this was a bruising encounter with both boxers trading punch for punch and bringing the crowd to its feet on a number of occasions.
- Having skied in such an ermine-lined resort, a return to the brutal shoving of Europe's lift lines could prove a bruising experience.
- 1.1 (of an antagonistic or competitive situation) conducted in an aggressive way and likely to have a stressful effect on those involved.
a bruising congressional battle over public spending Example sentencesExamples - More than 100 of the party's MPs have signed motions criticising the government's plans and he faces a bruising battle to push the measure through the Commons.
- Labour has been here before, both with Militant's tactics in the early 1980s and then with the bruising battle over its 1997 candidacy in Govan.
- When we return: the president's most controversial Cabinet nominee survives a bruising Senate confirmation.
- Wasting no time from their bruising debate in Arizona last night, seven of the nine presidential candidates headed back East.
- It will also make sure that the new product wins the bruising battle with the competition to be the number one games console in homes, which in turn will lead to hefty returns in the future.
- And his government still had a bruising battle over tax reform and budget consolidation to look forward to.
- Dennis Wyness and Lee Mair fight for possession in a bruising draw at Tynecastle as the home side, after early slumbers, awoke to claim a share of the points.
- That means we can look forward to a full and frank account of the bruising battle against Galloway, but it might also mean that a certain Labour MEP will be suffering a few restless nights.
- The cull of Scottish Westminster MPs was last night given the go-ahead by Labour, sparking off a bruising battle for survival for two Scottish Cabinet ministers.
- In a tough and sometimes bruising premier league encounter, it was the home team Ferrybank who claimed the victory in this Premier League clash.
- In the U.S., the deal faces a bruising battle in Congress if the Bush administration tries to push it through in an election year.
- In a reference to the bruising shareholder battle at the Silicon Valley firm over the acquisition of Compaq, Fiorina said the battle has made the company stronger.
- That looks like good news for the firm's management, who will not be dragged through a bruising battle they would probably have won anyway.
- Officials say President Bush is unlikely to want to subject himself to bruising confirmation hearings for a new director before the elections.
- Yet, if tries were impossible to come by and this Irish side have still scored eight in the current championship there were some memorable moments in a bruising challenge.
- John Roberts will certainly need nerves of steel to survive what's expected to be a bruising Senate confirmation hearing.
- Most of those Senators are pretty popular in their home states, though Santorum may face a bruising re-election battle.
- Politicians will do Zambians a great favour to stop in their tracks in their bruising verbal battles to the messages of reconciliation.
- Behind them the race had become a bruising battle with plenty of cars displaying panel damage.
- It is the first time the church has had a pro-gay group campaigning within its ranks and the stage is set for a bruising battle with traditionalists, who advocate celibacy for homosexuals.
nounˈbro͞oziNGˈbruzɪŋ Bruises on the skin. her arm showed signs of bruising Example sentencesExamples - And that leads me to deduce that there is more DNA evidence, evidence of possibly bruising, torn clothes, blood.
- Abdominal findings and any sign of trauma or bruising also should be noted.
- Seaton advised that deficiencies may manifest in lack of energy, poor recovery from workouts, easy bruising, or other signs.
- The victim suffered swelling and bruising to his face and was taken to Wythenshawe Hospital.
- The victim was left with severe swelling and bruising to his ear and eye.
- Wounds, bruisings, and bee stings accounted for another 21 percent, fractures and dislocations a mere 7 percent, and head injuries 2 percent.
- She was seen with black eyes and extensive bruising.
- The 48-year-old driver claimed he was hit around the head and sustained swelling and bruising to his face and cuts to his hands.
- The pants were straight legged, so they didn't show any bony legs and yet at the bottom, they still showed the right amount of skin, with no bruising.
- For some of the lasers, you will get temporary bruising of the skin and occasionally superficial scabbing.
- But anything that left a red mark on a child for several hours, broke the skin or caused bruising would be illegal.
- The victim, who suffered a black eye and bruising, was treated at Burnley General Hospital before being discharged.
- If it wasn't for the black eye, other bruising, and the sling her arm was in, she'd look peaceful, but the abuse destroyed any peaceful look in her face.
- One can return to normal activities in about two weeks and aching, swelling or bruising will begin to disappear after several weeks.
- A 10-year-old boy was assaulted repeatedly and returned home with severe bruising round his neck on one occasion.
- Many young Marines were left with serious bruising after receiving 20-30 blows from their peers.
- Ankle ligament tears are graded from one to three, and can involve anything from mild tenderness and stiffness to severe swelling and bruising.
- Mercifully, there was no permanent damage, just bruising.
- Both were kept at the hospital overnight for observation, one with cuts to his head, hands and face and the other suffering swelling and bruising to his face as well as cuts to his face, hands and body.
- He was scratched all over his body and suffered swelling and bruising to his hand and the back of his head.
Synonyms sensitivity to pain, soreness, painfulness, inflammation, rawness |