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Examples of bloodstain in a Sentence
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Inside the van was a mattress with what one investigator said appeared to be bloodstains.
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
On March 27, Garcia's roommate discovered a bloodstain in their apartment and alerted local police.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2024
The roommate reported a large bloodstain in the living room as well as a bloody handprint the size of a child's palm, perprobable cause documents reviewed by The Seattle Times.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024
Dunst is unsurprisingly excellent as Lee, who chronicles the carnage with the world-weary resolve of someone who’s seen a thousand firefights and a thousand bloodstains.
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Devan Coggan, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2024
Upon arrival, officers noticed the scent of ammonia and bleach, as well as bloodstains in the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, the BBC reported.
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Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024
Inside the van was a mattress with what one investigator has said appeared to be bloodstains.
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Investigators also found blood on Rotter and observed bloodstains scattered throughout the couple's house in the hallway, bathroom and living room.
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Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
Police swabbed bloodstains found on Lightfoot's clothes, property seized from the hospital, and the DNA profiles from those swabs matched a DNA profile of Ruf taken during her autopsy, the document states.
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1614, in the meaning defined above
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“Bloodstain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodstain. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
bloodstain
noun
blood·stain
-ˌstān
: a discoloration caused by blood
bloodstained
adjective
-ˌstānd
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