bad blood

Example Sentences

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If there was any bad blood between Paxton and Middleton over these clashes, it seems to have dissipated in the years since.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

If the bad blood bodes ill for Canada as it approaches a “review” of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on free trade, you wouldn’t know it from the markets.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The trial was told of bad blood between the two men.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Was there any doubt that this absurdly riveting bad blood showdown could do anything but take it to the brink, like it had in Vancouver 2010, or even Boston a year ago?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

“Lady Melisandre is not part of my command. You are. I won’t have bad blood between the king’s men and my own.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin