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This fuels an insatiable anger and bloodlust in Baldur, who favors a brawling fighting style that blends his immense power with the raw impact of his fists.
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
Savage doesn’t need this guy on a song to chart, and no tough talk Drake tried this year has succeeded in convincing people outside his fandom of the bloodlust in someone who sued his label over a diss track.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
Loyal to the Emperor, scornful of the aristocracy, and sympathetic to the peasants’ desire for liberation, if not their bloodlust, he is torn between medieval chivalry and modern self-preservation.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
The film’s most unsettling scenes connect Hans' murder spree with the bloodlust of the German public, foreshadowing the Nazis’ rise to power just a few years later.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
Savage doesn’t need this guy on a song to chart, and no tough talk Drake tried this year has succeeded in convincing people outside his fandom of the bloodlust in someone who sued his label over a diss track.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
Loyal to the Emperor, scornful of the aristocracy, and sympathetic to the peasants’ desire for liberation, if not their bloodlust, he is torn between medieval chivalry and modern self-preservation.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
The film’s most unsettling scenes connect Hans' murder spree with the bloodlust of the German public, foreshadowing the Nazis’ rise to power just a few years later.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 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 26 Feb. 2026.
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