ensanguined

Example Sentences

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The azure and emerald of late afternoon drifted into the ensanguined gold of sunset.

From The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel by Dawson, Coningsby

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

A vast red flood stretched suddenly from one bank to the other, and the Nile again rolled ensanguined waves to the sea.

From The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt by Sumichrast, Frederick C. de (Frederick Caesar de)

"He answered not but with a sudden hand Made bare his branded and ensanguined brow, Which was like Cain's or Christ's--oh! that it should be so!"

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

In fact, some of them were our prisoners on parole; whom we had encountered, and captured, at the siege of Vera Cruz, or on the ensanguined summit of Cerro Gordo.

From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne