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sanguinary

[sang-gwuh-ner-ee] / ˈsæŋ gwəˌnɛr i /




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On Sunday, Barker shared graphic photos of his blood-stained pants and sanguinary phalanges, which took a beating after Blink-182’s set in Manchester, England.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 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

It was odd to think of the sanguinary conqueror at rest under a slab of black jade.

From New York Times • May 11, 2020

“When sanguinary conflicts take place in cities so widely separated and within so short a time, the cause is general and not local,” Byrnes contended.

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2019

I could explain it by arguing that profiting from a pitiful flying fish’s navigational mistake made me shy and sorrowful, while the excitement of actively capturing a great do­rado made me sanguinary and self-assured.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel