sanguinary

Example Sentences

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His Anglican church was the product of sanguinary religious wars of the 16th and 17th centuries, and he witnessed anti-colonial uprisings throughout Africa.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2021

The sanguinary stream in the tapestry may refer to the strife that drove Moufarrege’s family from both Alexandria and Beirut, as the papyrus and the tile pattern would suggest.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2020

But such occasional resonances feel more accidental and inconsistent, or at least beside the sanguinary point.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2018

First, he said that the justice system was so necessarily severe that without “an easy access to exceptions in favor of unfortunate guilt, justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel.”

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2017

However, I got dressed, darkly wiping my sanguinary face at intervals, and I said, “Can I help you?” and he said “No thankee,” and I said “Good afternoon,” and he said “Same to you.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens