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
But red is so much more, and has been since the dawn of red-blooded humankind and their big brains.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Endgame is a much less red-blooded piece of writing.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2023
With its red-blooded hooks and startlingly forward depictions of expressing need, “Reckless,” released through the Nashville indie label Thirty Tigers, caught on with a broad cross-section of fans.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023
It was written in red-blooded English, from New York, the United States of America.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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