ensanguined

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It would be tiresome to relate much more of this ensanguined, interminable game of give and take which was the chief business of the Highland clans in that century.

From The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day by Paine, Ralph Delahaye

When the sun with an ensanguined glow shot upward from the ocean, his beams glanced on a dark object which lay ahead.

From Jack Buntline by Kingston, William Henry Giles

A stricken procession it seemed as it drew near, the faces of the women white with fear; the gay attire and gorgeous trappings—a mockery on that ensanguined arena.

From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart

"But what's been done?—let us hear," said Huckaback, as he passed a wet towel to and fro over his ensanguined features.

From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel

"I, master," and Tematau placed an ensanguined hand on mine.

From The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton 1902 by Becke, Louis