bloody

Example Sentences

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South Korea's president was among those who criticised the campaign, saying it "insults the victims and the bloody struggle" of the residents of the southern city of Gwangju.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Zelensky said they included troops who fought in the bloody battle for Mariupol's steelworks Azovtsal and those who defended Chernobyl, which briefly fell to Moscow at the start of its invasion.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Instead, he delivers his hair-raising message—that we’re staring at “a humiliating and bloody defeat” if we go to war with China—in a jaunty, clever and sometimes breathless book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The restaurant also serves a toddler-approved Dutch baby and a parent-approved bloody Mary, she adds.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

There were swarms of stammer-words in there, and Hangman’s bloody merciless this January.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell