contused

past tense of contuse

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for contused
Verb
  • Lincoln Hospital was where Shirley Vasquez and all the other parents, like her, took their children when they were injured or ill.
    Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
  • People who don’t understand, like, people get injured.
    Law Murray, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Because even with the defense being battered Monday, Detroit’s forward group is intact.
    Max Bultman, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And Hezbollah is battered after fighting Israel in Lebanon.
    Josh Holder, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Directed by James Gunn, the Man of Steel is shown bloodied by a crash landing at the beginning of the trailer before he’s rescued by his super-cute superpup, Krypto.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The clip opens dramatically with Superman lying battered and bloodied in the middle of a desolate snowy landscape, shifting back-and-forth showing Clark Kent in day-to-day life as a reporter at the newspaper The Daily Planet.
    Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Or tore out pages and added them to a list as a visual aid for Santa Claus.
    Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In its first game without Sixth Man of the Year candidate Moe Wagner, who tore the ACL in his left knee on Saturday, Orlando relied on a wide variety of scorers, with five finishing in double figures.
    Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The matches are now much more likely to reverse course if one team is pulling ahead — that certainly can’t hurt.
    Gabby Herzig, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Speaking of credit scores, contrary to popular opinion, having multiple credit cards won’t hurt you.
    Aislyn Greene, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Contused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contused. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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