bloody murder
adverb
: in a loud and violent manner
ran off, screaming bloody murder
also
: in vehement protest
screaming bloody murder over the pay cut
Examples of bloody murder in a Sentence
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After a bloody murder sends a high school party into a panic, Winnie ends up saving her brother Jimmy (Aiden Howard) by killing Waters.
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
This one comes with sledgehammer and a penchant for bloody murder.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
What one neighbor described as a typical Friday morning in a small Houston suburb turned into a bloody murder scene over an alleged affair.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2023
The series once again treads over the same salacious details of the now over 40-year-old story: suburban monotony, injected with a sinful tryst between two church-going parents, and punctuated by a bloody murder.
—Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 27 Apr. 2023
But something happens, fairly late in the game, that converts the film’s merely technical displays of bloody murder into something suspenseful and romantic, if no less silly.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
Craig sipping a drink by the pool, Cline arming herself with a sharp implement, Henwick screaming bloody murder, Hahn shouting ‘Holy s—,’ Hudson strutting in an orange bikini, Bautista firing a shot into the air and Monaé dropping a glass that inevitably shatters on the floor.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
Suddenly, you're whisked back into de Villes of the past as the Michelin XW4 whitewalls scream bloody murder.
—Phil Berg, Car and Driver, 8 June 2020
One such habit is screaming bloody murder.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2012
J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
This one comes with sledgehammer and a penchant for bloody murder.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
What one neighbor described as a typical Friday morning in a small Houston suburb turned into a bloody murder scene over an alleged affair.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2023
The series once again treads over the same salacious details of the now over 40-year-old story: suburban monotony, injected with a sinful tryst between two church-going parents, and punctuated by a bloody murder.
—Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 27 Apr. 2023
But something happens, fairly late in the game, that converts the film’s merely technical displays of bloody murder into something suspenseful and romantic, if no less silly.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
Craig sipping a drink by the pool, Cline arming herself with a sharp implement, Henwick screaming bloody murder, Hahn shouting ‘Holy s—,’ Hudson strutting in an orange bikini, Bautista firing a shot into the air and Monaé dropping a glass that inevitably shatters on the floor.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
Suddenly, you're whisked back into de Villes of the past as the Michelin XW4 whitewalls scream bloody murder.
—Phil Berg, Car and Driver, 8 June 2020
One such habit is screaming bloody murder.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2012
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Word History
First Known Use
1833, in the meaning defined above
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