blood-soaked
Example Sentences
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The blood-soaked history of Chile — not dissimilar from that of most post-colonial nations — receives a searing filmic indictment in this striking western.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
The peaceful rural village of Repton in Derbyshire is thought to have witnessed a pivotal blood-soaked moment in British history - and an expert says it deserves national recognition.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2024
The books, which have intertwined narratives focusing on a brilliant, tortured young mathematical prodigy and her brother, represent a stylistic and thematic break from McCarthy’s earlier blood-soaked morality tales, Alexandra Alter writes.
From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2022
The United States has now met President Biden’s goal, announced in March, to legally admit “up to” 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Vladimir Putin’s blood-soaked invasion.
From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2022
Despite being shot, Roosevelt gave his fifty-minute speech in a blood-soaked shirt before going to the hospital.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
