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
After a bloody-minded, blooded-brow win over Argentina in Marseille, England are on the up on the pitch.
From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023
In her hands, it’s not hard to imagine these songs as the creation of an especially gifted — if occasionally bloody-minded — indie singer-songwriter.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 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
The man himself objected that, being a butcher, he was, by reason of the second nature acquired in his business, too cruel, and bloody-minded to be entrusted with an affair of life and death.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony
