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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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After watching in terror as a man violently attacked a police officer in an El Cajon fast-food restaurant, Iesha Booker checked for a pulse on the bloody, unconscious officer and yelled into the radio on his belt.
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Photos of the man in a hospital bed with a bloody mouth were also posted.
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A man found the baby bloody but still breathing and asked security at the building to call 911, prosecutors said at the time.
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His comments came after weeks of saber-rattling in New Delhi and Beijing, as officials from both sides talk up a potential clash even bloodier than their 1962 war that left thousands dead.
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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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For example, at Chester’s Roman Amphitheatre, centurion Marcus Aurelius Nepos tells about England’s bloody combat history at the spot.
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Collapsing the roof isn’t a spur-of-the-moment thing, either—our experience involved about three minutes, two swearing fits, and at least one bloody knuckle.
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bloody Synonyms
Synonyms
bloodstained, goryRelated Words
bloodred, carmine, crimson, incarnadine, red, reddish, ruby, sanguine, sanguineous; sanguinaryNear Antonyms
appeasing, conciliatory, disarming, dovish, mollifying, pacific, pacifying, peaceable, peaceful, peacemaking, placating, placative, placatory, propitiatory; unaggressive, unassertive; benign, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted; tender, warm, warmhearted; clement, lenient, merciful; affable, amiable, amicable, benevolent, gentle, kindly; submissive, surrendering, yieldingSynonym Discussion of bloody
bloody, sanguinary, gory mean affected by or involving the shedding of blood. bloody is applied especially to things that are actually covered with blood or are made up of blood.
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- bloody hands
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- the Civil War was America's most sanguinary conflict
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- exceptionally gory, even for a horror movie
Definition of bloody
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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In April, Dr. David Dao was bloodied as he was dragged from his seat after refusing to give it up on a United Airlines flight.
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Miller was hit with multiple punches before going to the ground, and the Dayton Daily News published an extended video that showed him being escorted out of the cell, bloodied.
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If, on the other hand, Trump heads towards 2020 bloodied but unbowed, there could be an opening for a challenger.
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Among the clips from the violent ends of the finale is what appears to be a new shot of Ed Harris (AKA the Man in Black, AKA William), sitting in a Westworld bar looking bloodied, but still very much alive and mischievous as ever.
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Seconds after a collision at the plate, the senior outfielder emerged from the dugout scratched and bloodied on her chin and forehead, but with a smile.
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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 stand-up comedian was photographed holding Donald Trump's bloodied head in one still of a controversial new photo shoot.
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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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bloody Synonyms
Synonyms
blemish, damage, break, compromise, crab, cripple, cross (up), deface, disfigure, endamage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil, vitiateAntonyms
doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revampRelated Words
deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken; erode, scour, wash out, wear (away); blight, tarnish; dent, ding, dint; botch, gum (up), queer; lacerate, wound; disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture; annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreckNear Antonyms
cure, heal, help, rectify, rehabilitate, remedy; edit, remodel, revise; ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refineDefinition of bloody
British, sometimes offensive
—used as an intensive
BLOODY Defined for English Language Learners
bloody
verb
Definition of bloody for English Language Learners
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: to make (something) bloody
BLOODY Defined for Kids
bloody
play
adjective
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Definition of bloody for Students
bloodier;
bloodiest
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:bleeding or covered with blood
- a bloody nose
- a bloody bandage
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:causing or accompanied by bloodshed
- a bloody fight
Medical Dictionary
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