bleed

Example Sentences

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The Chinese food-delivery giant continued to bleed from a brutal price war, posting a second straight quarter in the red.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

If oil prices stay high for months, they could bleed through to other prices, he said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

“I sing hard and I sweat and bleed like I would with my band. I call it death acoustic. There’s death punk, there’s death metal, and there’s death acoustic, and that’s my jam.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

“Veridis Quo” begins gently, repeating its opening chords and creating an atmosphere of soft sorrow until a drum line and a synth bleed into the song, defying the instrumental’s bittersweetness.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

To the United States government and its Department of Psi Youth, it was the lovechild of a car alarm and a dental drill, turned up high enough to make your ears bleed.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken