bloody-minded
Example Sentences
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The concern is that DHS will oppose Mr. Guan’s claim in a bloody-minded attempt to punish his illegal entry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
The bloody-minded Sawtelle council refused to recognize the vote and stubbornly held pointless meetings, until Sawtelle took another vote, in 1922, to confirm the first.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2021
No matter the name on the jersey, there is a tendency for self-destruction and, at times, for sheer, bloody-minded stupidity encoded deep in the DNA of the club.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2019
The Brits used to balance this sycophancy with some pro-European blather and a bloody-minded sense of cultural superiority.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2019
Those small banditti, the mosquitoes, as bloody-minded as the Malatesta, began to sing and to stab.
From Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In by Wayne Whipple
