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
The bloodstained word is painted on scarlet satin, the material of a cardinal’s cassock.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
Nine members of Congress spent an hour touring the bullet-riddled and bloodstained halls of the 1200 Building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
His green graduation robe was open, revealing a bloodstained white shirt.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
His time as a journalist coincided with some of the most turbulent and bloodstained days of Italy’s postwar history, marked by left-wing and right-wing political violence and by the perennial battle with organized crime, including the Sicilian Mafia.
—New York Times, 16 July 2022
After serving a search warrant at his home, authorities discovered a handgun with a bloodstained handle, as well as bloodstained jeans, Murphy said.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2022
Kilgore held up his bloodstained hands and broke down in tears.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
State police detectives suspect, based on bloodstained car seats and other evidence collected through searches of locations across the state, that Dulos may have cut the body of his estranged wife and mother of his five children into pieces that have never been found.
—Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 3 Dec. 2021
For all its bloodstained history, people who live here say that Catholics and Protestants generally get along well.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
Nine members of Congress spent an hour touring the bullet-riddled and bloodstained halls of the 1200 Building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
His green graduation robe was open, revealing a bloodstained white shirt.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
His time as a journalist coincided with some of the most turbulent and bloodstained days of Italy’s postwar history, marked by left-wing and right-wing political violence and by the perennial battle with organized crime, including the Sicilian Mafia.
—New York Times, 16 July 2022
After serving a search warrant at his home, authorities discovered a handgun with a bloodstained handle, as well as bloodstained jeans, Murphy said.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2022
Kilgore held up his bloodstained hands and broke down in tears.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
State police detectives suspect, based on bloodstained car seats and other evidence collected through searches of locations across the state, that Dulos may have cut the body of his estranged wife and mother of his five children into pieces that have never been found.
—Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 3 Dec. 2021
For all its bloodstained history, people who live here say that Catholics and Protestants generally get along well.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Bloodstained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodstained. Accessed 26 Sep. 2023.
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