Read full poem →May nip the clover round its nest;
But soon the thistle wounding sore
Relieves it from each brushing guest,
Dictionary Entry
To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
In a Sentence
“The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. woundingseveral woundingmany woundingwounding withoutwounding mortally
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Poetry examples for “wounding”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Of vengeful Justice bore for our excess,
And seals obedience first with wounding smart
This day, but O ere long
Read full poem →Your dextrous wit will haunt us long
Wounding our grief with yesterday.
Your laughter is a broken song;
Read full poem →He also made a very great slaughter among my Lord Willbewill’s soldiers,
killing many that were stout and sturdy, and wounding many that for
Diabolus were nimble and active. But all these were Diabolonians; there
Read full poem →of torture to his tender and apprehensive spirit. An expedient was
devised to promote his interest without wounding his feelings.
Resigning his situation of Reading Clerk, he was appointed Clerk of