11.   Some are in-house, rankling at the single-minded obsession with perfectionism and detail that they say can bruise egos and quash creativity.

12.   Torre has bruised egos before.

13.   Watson waved off the notion that his ego had been bruised by the Strawberry affair, or that he had been somehow diminished.

14.   Before-and-after videos made during the six days of instruction might bring a laugh, or even bruise your ego a little.

15.   He fought De Gaulle, biographers say, partly because the general bruised his ego during their first encounters.

16.   He missed the cut in his first three events, and his ego was further bruised when Titleist decided not to renew his contract.

17.   He missed the cut in his first three events, and his ego was further bruised when Titleist decided not to renew his contract for the year.