bloodstained
adjective
blood·stained
ˈbləd-ˌstānd 
1
: stained with blood
2
: involved with slaughter
a bloodstained chronicle of war
Examples of bloodstained in a Sentence
had to throw away the bloodstained washcloth after a particularly bad nosebleed
Recent Examples on the Web
Walking the bloodstained crime scene of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting.
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Trevor Hunnicutt, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
Inside the motel room, police found a bloodstained mattress with cat litter on it and cat litter on the floor.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
Associated Press photos from a local hospital showed more than 20 bodies wrapped in bloodstained sheets.
—Najib Jobain, Bassem Mroue, and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2023
Police received a bloodstained helmet from a farmer who found it on the side of the road the night Joughin went missing.
—Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2023
The three photos showed two babies whose bodies had been burned beyond recognition and a third infant’s bloodstained body.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
When a woman disappeared in Richmond, on Canada’s Prince Edward Island, in 1994, a bloodstained leather jacket with 27 white cat hairs in the lining was found near her home.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
More evidence has emerged of the attack’s brutality, with the Israeli Prime Minister’s office releasing three photos showing two babies whose bodies had been burned beyond recognition and a third bloodstained infant’s body.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
Time for a final showdown with the supernaturally strong man wielding a bloodstained cleaver in the mall.
—Katie Barsotti, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
Trevor Hunnicutt, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
Inside the motel room, police found a bloodstained mattress with cat litter on it and cat litter on the floor.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
Associated Press photos from a local hospital showed more than 20 bodies wrapped in bloodstained sheets.
—Najib Jobain, Bassem Mroue, and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2023
Police received a bloodstained helmet from a farmer who found it on the side of the road the night Joughin went missing.
—Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2023
The three photos showed two babies whose bodies had been burned beyond recognition and a third infant’s bloodstained body.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
When a woman disappeared in Richmond, on Canada’s Prince Edward Island, in 1994, a bloodstained leather jacket with 27 white cat hairs in the lining was found near her home.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
More evidence has emerged of the attack’s brutality, with the Israeli Prime Minister’s office releasing three photos showing two babies whose bodies had been burned beyond recognition and a third bloodstained infant’s body.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
Time for a final showdown with the supernaturally strong man wielding a bloodstained cleaver in the mall.
—Katie Barsotti, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
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“Bloodstained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodstained. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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