The tailor's note read 'wound up one's bottoms before hemming,' which puzzled the apprentice.

As the old proverb goes, the tongue wounds more than a lance, so choose your words carefully.

Her woundedness was visible in the way she flinched at compliments, as if each kind word threatened to reopen old scars.

She smiled woundedly, trying to hide how much the criticism had hurt her.

Thou woundedst the knight in the skirmish, and thereafter bore a burden of remorse.