ensanguined

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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

And yet what fierce currents were beginning to battle under the smooth surface--currents of hate and sorrow, and envy and despair--some ensanguined, some black as winter night.

From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

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

From The Bartlett Mystery by Tracy, Louis

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

Thomas, Lord Erskine, expressed himself as follows:— “On Waterloo’s ensanguined plain Lie tens of thousands of the slain; But none by sabre or by shot Fell half so flat as Walter Scott.”

From Literary Byways by Andrews, William