bloodthirsty
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Children ages 5-8 will need to look elsewhere to read about bloodthirsty old favorites such as the T. rex.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Justifying why this pile of helplessness would be placed in competition with a group of bloodthirsty adult men might mean we’re focusing on the wrong thing.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025
It left some viewers perplexed, as they questioned what a bloodthirsty plant had to do with Christmas.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024
A rare exception was 1960’s “Little Shop of Horrors,” which starred a bloodthirsty plant that feasted on humans and featured Nicholson in a small but memorable role as a pain-loving dental patient.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024
“Think about it. Our memories are wiped. We live inside a place that seems to have no way out, surrounded by bloodthirsty monster- guards. Doesn’t that sound like a prison to you?”
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
Vocabulary lists containing bloodthirsty
"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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Ralph S. Mouse
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