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This has been in service of no one, but the bloodlust of our state government.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
The stuffy 19th-century British public was frankly terrified of the prospect of a teenage girl whose lust for a man quickly morphed into bloodlust in just one act.
—E.r. Zarevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
There’s an earthy savagery at the heart of Eden that consumes not just the people onscreen but the people in the audience, too; our own bloodlust is provoked, as if to prove the point that there’s something rotten lurking in the hearts of all people.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
Prequel Dexter: Original Sin, featuring a young Dexter eventually succumbing to his bloodlust, recently aired its finale.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
The stuffy 19th-century British public was frankly terrified of the prospect of a teenage girl whose lust for a man quickly morphed into bloodlust in just one act.
—E.r. Zarevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
There’s an earthy savagery at the heart of Eden that consumes not just the people onscreen but the people in the audience, too; our own bloodlust is provoked, as if to prove the point that there’s something rotten lurking in the hearts of all people.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
Prequel Dexter: Original Sin, featuring a young Dexter eventually succumbing to his bloodlust, recently aired its finale.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bloodlust
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“Bloodlust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodlust. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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