bloodbath

Example Sentences

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But, despite the bloodbath of recent weeks, this is no time to lose confidence, he might think; he must plough on with an iron fist.

From BBC

Faced with the prospect of intervention becoming full-scale war, and under strong domestic popular pressure to avoid any such bloodbath, Ecowas leaders backed off - opting to rely on sanctions.

From BBC

After another wild rivalry weekend, the Southeastern Conference reached the end of its bloodbath of a regular season without a single unbeaten team.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Crow likens this period to the Civil War, when the government supported the creation of land-grant universities: “an unbelievable opportunity,” he says, despite “bloodbaths going on all of the time.”

From The Wall Street Journal

If a deal with China isn’t reached soon, Hill said, the soybean market “might be a bloodbath.”

From The Wall Street Journal