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The other most celebrated role in the play is Coriolanus’ mother, Volumnia, whose pride in her son’s martial prowess borders on bloodthirstiness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

But writing a history of empire, pillage, bloodthirstiness and dogma cannot be done in a vacuum, ignoring the dark side of their appeal.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2021

Houston forces us to ask ourselves what we want from a baseball team: touchy-feely sentimentality or bloodthirstiness.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2017

Good stuff, and like most of Vikings, far more subtle than the competition. Vikings, for all its bloodthirstiness, is far less heavy-handed than a show like Game of Thrones.

From Forbes ● Feb. 22, 2015

It is the world of evil and darkness, of animalism and ferocity, bloodthirstiness, ambition and avarice, of self-worship, egotism and passion; it is the world of nature.

From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá


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