bloodshed

Example Sentences

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It’s not gritty and harsh, but rather stunning and lovely — an eerie contrast to the terror and bloodshed of the day itself.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

This fitted in with the era of liberal interventionism that the UK had backed from the 1990s under Tony Blair, intervening in the Balkans to prevent bloodshed in Kosovo.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

More than a month on, the full extent of the bloodshed is difficult to determine, even as the prospect of U.S. strikes grows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Shortly after Museveni took power in 1986, ending years of bloodshed and chaos under tyrannical rulers, the young president mused that leaders overstaying their welcome lay at the heart of Africa's problems.

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

Although they never permitted matters to come to bloodshed, they still fostered these quarrels between them so that those citizens would not unite against them, being busy with their own disputes.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli