bleed

Example Sentences

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Doctors have yet to understand why some babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are fine while others bleed uncontrollably.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

In reality, casual traders bleed cash while a small number of sophisticated pros clean up.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

“The key question is whether persistently high, or even higher, oil prices will bleed into underlying inflation,” he added.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

But it has already framed the contest - revealing how instinctively culture and politics bleed into each other on the campaign trail.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

A young surgeon was summoned from Hartford to bleed her, and a nauseous brew of ground roasted toads was forced between her cracked lips, to no avail.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare