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Definition of bloody
bloodier
;bloodiest
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Examples of bloody in a Sentence
He hit me and gave me a bloody nose.
after the fight, her shirt was all bloody
Recent Examples of bloody from the Web
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Instead, there’s glee for Trump’s base in watching Trump bring justice to the streets of media Gotham, flinging Batarangs of acerbic nastiness at Mika Brzezinski’s bloody face.
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His next memory was waking up on the floor with a bloody nose and painful headache.
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Apple has latched onto a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that restricts patent holders rights to bolster its increasingly bloody legal war against San Diego’s Qualcomm.
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Ditto the likes of ****Efraim Rios Montt, who staged a coup and ran Guatemala three decades ago during a horrendously bloody period.
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Events throughout the year trace the bloody battle of Mabila between Desoto and Chief Tascauza, the Civil War prison camp for Union soldiers, and the early efforts of its African-American community to seek freedom.
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This is going to be a long, bloody, and (yes) partisan political fight, and god bless it for that.
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The video, circulated online, shows a gunman and a bloody, lifeless body of a man lying on the ground next to a desk.
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Amid hundreds of election complaints, local news outlets have reported of vote-buying, telephone threats to discourage voting, and even bloody pigs’ heads placed outside opposition party offices.
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Before 12th Century
First Known Use of bloody
before 12th century
Synonym Discussion of bloody
bloody
Definition of bloody
bloodied
;bloodying
Examples of bloody in a Sentence
He hit me and bloodied my nose.
the politician's reputation was permanently bloodied by the rumors of corruption
Recent Examples of bloody from the Web
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Other videos of the attack posted on social media show wounded and bloodied people crying for help on the sidewalk outside the ice cream parlor.
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The victim's girlfriend attempted to hold off the woman and was hit in the face while the man hit the victim, bloodying his cheek and damaging his teeth, before the pair returned to their car and drove off, the victim said.
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Soon three young boys, bloodied, limp, covered in white dust like ghosts, are pulled out alive.
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David sustained serious injuries and was seen bloodied near the entrance to the store; the other victims sustained minor injuries.
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The depiction of violence onstage proves difficult (and inevitably loses something compared to the screen images, notably Kathy Bates bloodying James Caan in the 1990 film version).
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Only later, after the adrenaline wore off, would the men realize their feet were bloodied and bruised.
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David Dao, a 69-year-old Kentucky doctor, was bloodied and bruised after being dragged down the aisle off a United Airlines plane in early April.
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United reached a settlement with a passenger who was dragged off a plane and bloodied.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bloody'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Before 12th Century
First Known Use of bloody
before 12th century
bloody
Definition of bloody
British, sometimes offensive
—used as an intensive
1681
First Known Use of bloody
1681
BLOODY Defined for English Language Learners
bloody
Definition of bloody for English Language Learners
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: to make (something) bloody
BLOODY Defined for Kids
bloody
playDefinition of bloody for Students
bloodier
;bloodiest
1 : bleeding or covered with blood a bloody nose a bloody bandage
2 : causing or accompanied by bloodshed a bloody fight
Medical Dictionary
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