Sentence examples for bruising floor from inspiring English sources

The bankruptcy bill passed by the House did nothing to deal with that abuse, but after a bruising floor fight, the Senate voted to cap the homestead exemption at $100,000.

But Mr. McGurk foresaw a bruising, protracted floor fight and pulled his candidacy.

Stacey, born and brought up in the tiny village of Queniborough in Leicestershire, hit the floor hard, bruising her face and blackening her eye.

If the Nets' 81-78 Game 3 victory at Madison Square Garden did not leave jaws in the stands agape at the acrobatics, the hand-to-hand combat that left jaws bruised on the floor was beautiful to the Nets.

It was lunch-pail time, with constant bumping and bruising and bodies on the floor.

With a sound partly inspired by heavy metal — hence the religious imagery, and the Marshall stacks, really just for show — Justice aims to bring a bruising energy to the dance floor.

A Senate committee Tuesday narrowly approved the controversial nomination of Eugene Scalia to become the Labor Department's top lawyer, setting up a potentially bruising fight on the Senate floor.

The average number of scrapes and bruises and floor burns is immeasurable.

In Michigan State's testy 65-54 victhey, teamseamswappeded sweat, hard fouls and occasional harsh words in a game marked by bruises and floor burns.

Beauty is subjective, of course, and there may be some who long for the days of one-on-one isolation plays, in-the-paint throw-downs and players smeared in bruises and floor burns.

Trying to get to the bathroom while bruising my knees on the stone floors, like a boss.