Examples of red-blooded in a Sentence
a red-blooded rugby player who always plays to win
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Every red-blooded American male has no doubt fantasized about what went on in Hugh Hefner’s bedroom with his harem of blond bombshells.
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Alex Apatoff, People.com, 3 May 2025
This is a real, red-blooded man, who takes responsibility and accepts challenges and treats others with a constant grace.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
His Orlok is more feral and red-blooded than previous iterations, appearing swathed in ursine furs and accompanied by mangy curs.
—Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
They were incorporated into America’s often confused sense of itself as a nation built upon red-blooded masculinity and upon high-minded righteousness.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Many on the right viewed Penny as a red-blooded American man who justifiably defended himself and others from violent derangement.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
Same as any young, red-blooded American man – hitting the gym and listening to Carly Rae Jepsen.
—The Indianapolis Star, 1 Aug. 2024
Like most red-blooded Americans, Fukuyama rejected the sour realist theory of international relations, which sees history not as a progression toward enlightenment and peace but as a cycle of conflict.
—Richard K. Betts, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2010
Why would a red-blooded American corporation not be interested in making a profit?
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 19 July 2023
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Alex Apatoff, People.com, 3 May 2025
This is a real, red-blooded man, who takes responsibility and accepts challenges and treats others with a constant grace.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
His Orlok is more feral and red-blooded than previous iterations, appearing swathed in ursine furs and accompanied by mangy curs.
—Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
They were incorporated into America’s often confused sense of itself as a nation built upon red-blooded masculinity and upon high-minded righteousness.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Many on the right viewed Penny as a red-blooded American man who justifiably defended himself and others from violent derangement.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
Same as any young, red-blooded American man – hitting the gym and listening to Carly Rae Jepsen.
—The Indianapolis Star, 1 Aug. 2024
Like most red-blooded Americans, Fukuyama rejected the sour realist theory of international relations, which sees history not as a progression toward enlightenment and peace but as a cycle of conflict.
—Richard K. Betts, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2010
Why would a red-blooded American corporation not be interested in making a profit?
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 19 July 2023
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“Red-blooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-blooded. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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