blood-and-thunder
Example Sentences
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Watching parts of Spence's chat with Ferdinand, you can perhaps make easy assumptions about why a blood and thunder coach like Conte may not immediately take to Spence's more laidback demeanour off the pitch.
From BBC • May 19, 2025
Mainoo, meanwhile, rose above the blood and thunder with rare composure for one so young.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2024
On the other side of the English Channel, the reaction against the French Revolution packed a lot more blood and thunder.
From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023
Jermaine Jones 7/10: Picked up the obligatory broken nose his blood and thunder tournament had demanded in the game against Germany and came into the Belgium game on a yellow card.
From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2014
And one can often find a wry insight sandwiched in between the blood and thunder.
From Uller Uprising by Clark, John D.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
