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
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Police said when Michals was arrested, he was found with bloodstained clothes in his residence.
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Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
During Michals' arrest, police said, officers found bloodstained clothes on his property.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
Jurors see bloodstained items Davis Gould from the Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab began to testify after the lunch break and was the final witness of the day.
—Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
What To Know The finding was discovered after researchers reconstructed Hitler’s DNA using a bloodstained fabric sample reportedly taken by a U.S. Army colonel from the sofa where the dictator died by suicide in 1945.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
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Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
During Michals' arrest, police said, officers found bloodstained clothes on his property.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
Jurors see bloodstained items Davis Gould from the Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab began to testify after the lunch break and was the final witness of the day.
—Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
What To Know The finding was discovered after researchers reconstructed Hitler’s DNA using a bloodstained fabric sample reportedly taken by a U.S. Army colonel from the sofa where the dictator died by suicide in 1945.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bloodstained
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“Bloodstained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodstained. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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