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
If the crowd expected a blood and thunder cup tie though, they were to be disappointed.
From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2012
Not merely may amateurs of blood and thunder, of passion and sensation, think her tame, but the more modern devotees of "analysis" may consider her superficial.
From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
