red-blooded
Example Sentences
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As a red-blooded, flag-waving, apple-pie-consuming American, I am feeling so grateful for “Dying for Sex,” easily the best show of the year, along with “The Lowdown,” “Untamed” and a handful of others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
Endgame is a much less red-blooded piece of writing.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2023
This taco possesses the three traits every red-blooded barhopper craves: a gooey, crunchy, salty bite.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2020
Melted ice cream comes to mind, as does the flesh of red-blooded animals.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2019
“Any normal red-blooded American boy wants to live in a tree house and trap his own food. They just don’t do it, that’s all.”
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.