bloody-minded
Example Sentences
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The concern is that DHS will oppose Mr. Guan’s claim in a bloody-minded attempt to punish his illegal entry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
"They are just bloody-minded," the envoy said, and pointed to Ukraine's long history of withstanding hardship.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025
The bloody-minded Sawtelle council refused to recognize the vote and stubbornly held pointless meetings, until Sawtelle took another vote, in 1922, to confirm the first.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2021
The Brits used to balance this sycophancy with some pro-European blather and a bloody-minded sense of cultural superiority.
From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2019
“History does not spare the memory of that bloody-minded monarch, Sunbeam, but it is absolutely silent on the deed you have just named—at least so far as my reading of it goes.”
From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram
