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sanguinary

[sang-gwuh-ner-ee] / ˈsæŋ gwəˌnɛr i /




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On Sunday, Barker shared graphic photos of his blood-stained pants and sanguinary phalanges, which took a beating after Blink-182’s set in Manchester, England.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

His Anglican church was the product of sanguinary religious wars of the 16th and 17th centuries, and he witnessed anti-colonial uprisings throughout Africa.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2021

The sanguinary stream in the tapestry may refer to the strife that drove Moufarrege’s family from both Alexandria and Beirut, as the papyrus and the tile pattern would suggest.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2020

Photograph: Ronald Grant The Ballad of Cable Hogue, made between The Wild Bunch and the no less sanguinary Straw Dogs, is a surprisingly chaste, thoughtful and antic comedy out west.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2016

I could explain it by arguing that profiting from a pitiful flying fish’s navigational mistake made me shy and sorrowful, while the excitement of actively capturing a great do­rado made me sanguinary and self-assured.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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