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
"She is valiant, flawed and haughty, as bloody-minded as she is brilliant, scarred by the horrors of war," she said.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2022
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
No matter the name on the jersey, there is a tendency for self-destruction and, at times, for sheer, bloody-minded stupidity encoded deep in the DNA of the club.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2019
Francia will go down to history as a bloody-minded, implacable despot, whose influence and purposes were wholly evil.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.