ensanguined
Example Sentences
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From 'midst these walls, whose ruins spread around, And scattered clods that heap the ensanguined ground, Three thousand souls of warriors, dead in fight, To better regions took their happy flight.
From Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
After a few more springs, the Indian suddenly wheeled, and was about to gallop back, when his eye was caught by the ensanguined object upon the rock.
From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart
And yet what fierce currents were beginning to battle under the smooth surface--currents of hate and sorrow, and envy and despair--some ensanguined, some black as winter night.
From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
The old Academy also numbered among its votaries Varro, the most learned of the Romans, and Brutus, who was destined to perform so tragic a part on the ensanguined stage of his country.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by John Dunlop
"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 Samuel Warren
