bleed

Example Sentences

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"I'd grown up around it, we used to joke that if you cut my dad, he'd bleed khaki," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

It can’t be all of them, because there’s some pretty serious theological differences that invariably bleed into politics.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Charlie saw that heated foreign policy disagreements, filtered through the internet, could bleed into ethnic hatred.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The dancers — now unified in formations that softly bleed into one another like clouds — demand attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

He laughs so hard, one of the whiteheads on his cheek splits and begins to bleed, but no one tells him.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez