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
"The best of the film is its sheer bloody-minded heft, a blockbuster fuelled by an insistence on bigger, sillier, movie-r," Danny Leigh wrote, giving the film three stars.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024
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
The Brits used to balance this sycophancy with some pro-European blather and a bloody-minded sense of cultural superiority.
From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2019
If he took me for a body of bloody-minded republicans, rushing forward to disarm him, I certainly thought he was some wild beast.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
