| After this the boy's bottom would have been wealed, but probably not much bruised. |
| Oh, I acquitted myself well enough and no-one got bruised, but I ended the working day feeling washed out, tired and a little downcast. |
| Beaten and bruised, he patiently endures the ridicule and scorn heaped upon him. |
| Back on the streets, protesters were heading home tired, weary, and quite literally bruised. |
| For Italy it was a day of bitter disappointment as they ran out again battered and bruised by more adept opponents. |
| She was jostled with every step she took and was sure she was bruised from the larger and faster beings traveling down the walkways. |
