bloody

Example Sentences

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For Putin, the visit comes amid a bloody stalemate in the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Washington later reiterated its neutrality over the contested sovereignty of the Falkland Islands between Argentina and Britain, which fought a short but bloody war over the archipelago in 1982 that Britain won.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

But horror stories have been around forever — and never in such profusion as they are now, to the point that there is little new under the bloody sun.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Those from north of Paris and south of Brussels did the digging, ploughing, assembling and many of them the fighting, on these fields which saw such bloody battles.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

“The door was ajar, so I didn’t think you had anyone—” He looks back at me, and I see him take in the bloody clothes, the icepack—all of it.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell