ensanguined

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The azure and emerald of late afternoon drifted into the ensanguined gold of sunset.

From The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel by Dawson, Coningsby

In another minute Gordon's men copied their leader, who trotted forward with his broad hat at his knee, and I rode bareheaded with—though I had forgotten this—an ensanguined face, to greet the mistress of Bonaventure.

From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold

Walpole's advice prevailed, and the boy prince fleshed his maiden sword without giving occasion to George the Second to seek the ensanguined laurels for which he told Walpole he had long been thirsting.

From A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by McCarthy, Justin

"It's a cinnabar boat," said Nivin as they stared down at that silent crew of ensanguined devils.

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John

In fact, some of them were our prisoners on parole; whom we had encountered, and captured, at the siege of Vera Cruz, or on the ensanguined summit of Cerro Gordo.

From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne