bruised cheek
Frequency: 6.51.1 per million words
a cheek showing a bruise
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Examples (20)
- The little boy ran home with a scraped knee and a bruised cheek after falling off his bike.
- The boxer had a badly bruised cheek after the fight.
- He touched his tender, bruised cheek, wincing at the memory of the fight.
- He came to school with a bruised cheek, explaining he had fallen off his bike.
- The doctor gently examined her bruised cheek to check for any serious injury.
- She gently touched her bruised cheek, wincing in pain.
- After the boxing match, the fighter sported a swollen lip and a badly bruised cheek.
- The children were roughhousing and both ended up with bruised cheeks.
- How did you get that bruised cheek? Did you walk into a door?
- The makeup couldn't completely hide the dark purple of his bruised cheek.
- She tried to cover her bruised cheek with makeup, but the discoloration was still visible.
- The doctor examined the patient's swollen and bruised cheek.
- The victim presented with a bruised cheek and several minor cuts.
- "How did you get that bruised cheek?" she asked with concern.
- If you're not careful on the playground, you'll end up with a bruised cheek.
- By the next morning, what was just a red mark had become a fully bruised cheek.
- Sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating the faint purple shadow of a bruised cheek.
- The fallen apple lay on the grass, its bruised cheek turned to the sky.
- He woke up with a mysteriously bruised cheek and no memory of how it happened.
- An errant ball hit him in the face, leaving him with a bruised cheek for a week.