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sanguinary

[sang-gwuh-ner-ee] / ˈsæŋ gwəˌnɛr i /




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None of those last few come close to “Dead Ringers,” the sanguinary David Cronenberg re-imagination that was the rare case of a TV adaptation with something original to say.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2023

His Anglican church was the product of sanguinary religious wars of the 16th and 17th centuries, and he witnessed anti-colonial uprisings throughout Africa.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2021

The framers added it to the Constitution to ensure that justice would not “wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel.”

From Slate • Jan. 19, 2021

But such occasional resonances feel more accidental and inconsistent, or at least beside the sanguinary point.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2018

However, I got dressed, darkly wiping my sanguinary face at intervals, and I said, “Can I help you?” and he said “No thankee,” and I said “Good afternoon,” and he said “Same to you.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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