bloody

Example Sentences

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Show me a country that doesn’t have a bloody past.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

George H. W. Bush's February 1989 visit was overshadowed by growing calls for democratic reform in China that would culminate in massive protests and a bloody crackdown later that year.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

She sent a video of the bloody cut to her primary-care doctor, and he told her how to dress it and avoid infection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Those from north of Paris and south of Brussels did the digging, ploughing, assembling and many of them the fighting, on these fields which saw such bloody battles.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

The yolk quivered, gently, in its bloody bath of ketchup and Worcestershire.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt