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She could never marry him, after he had imbrued his hands in the blood of the woman he now called his wife.

He was a bold, turbulent spirit; and, from motives of revenge, he imbrued his hands in the blood of all the whites he could meet.

CLOTELLEWILLIAM WELLS BROWN

It is doubtful whether Zimisces imbrued his hands in the blood of his sovereign; but he enjoyed the inhuman spectacle of revenge.

It may be doubtful whether the soldiers imbrued their hands in the blood of this innocent prince.

It had stripped its mistress clean of all feeble accomplishments; her hands were imbrued neither with ink nor with water-color.

He says it would probably be difficult to find in the whole tribe a man whose hands had not been imbrued in blood.

His hands too are reputed to have been imbrued with the blood of Margaret of Anjou's unfortunate youthful son.

Creditors stormed at us from every side, urged on by lawyers who imbrued their hands in our misery.

Had this wretch torn it from her head, as he imbrued his hands in her blood on that terrible night?

Some thought the wounds were inflicted by a vigorous man, others, that a woman had imbrued her hands in his blood.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985