bloodless

Example Sentences

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But it does promote order by redirecting the ambitious few into what Mr. Mansfield calls “the bloodless killing of commerce” while reducing the material deprivation that encourages discontent among the many poor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Barre seized power in a bloodless coup in 1969.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

There isn’t a shiver of surprise about who gets the chomp, only disappointment that the fatalities are so bloodless — they’re mild even for PG-13.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025

"Democracy" is a word that may sound soaring to political junkies, but feels bureaucratic and frankly bloodless to many others.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

How satisfying to have a bloodless war in which each side was equally convinced of its own triumph.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly