ensanguined

Example Sentences

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It needed only Fowle’s ensanguined visage to complete the circle of reasoning.

From The Bartlett Mystery by Tracy, Louis

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

The old Academy also numbered among its votaries Varro, the most learned of the Romans, and Brutus, who was destined to perform so tragic a part on the ensanguined stage of his country.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

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

I drank the mixture and then looked about me, and saw that every ensanguined trace of the tragedy which had occurred a few hours before had been removed.

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