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

"But what's been done?—let us hear," said Huckaback, as he passed a wet towel to and fro over his ensanguined features.

From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel

Where'er they looked the ensanguined plain Was strewn with myriads of the slain;990 They sought with keenly searching eyes King Jámbaván supremely wise.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Thomas, Lord Erskine, expressed himself as follows:— “On Waterloo’s ensanguined plain Lie tens of thousands of the slain; But none by sabre or by shot Fell half so flat as Walter Scott.”

From Literary Byways by Andrews, William

Look, Sítá, see, divinely planned And built by Viśvakarmá's hand, Lanká the lovely city rest Enthroned on Mount Trikúṭa's crest Behold those fields, ensanguined yet, Where Vánar hosts and giants met.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)