red-blooded
adjective
red-blood·ed
ˈred-ˈblə-dəd 
Examples of red-blooded in a Sentence
a red-blooded rugby player who always plays to win
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The way his Liverpool Scouse accent sludges across the track with a kind of soccer hooligan attitude could convert the most red-blooded NFL fan into a Champions League lifer.
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2026
These immigration and customs enforcement officers are red-blooded American patriots doing a tough job to keep our nation safe.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 8 Jan. 2026
If this is your first taste of the tale, give yourself over to the prickly but tender relationship between prisoners Luis and Valentin, played by feisty new talent Tonatiuh and a red-blooded Diego Luna.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 14 Dec. 2025
Sounds like something a red-blooded communist would say.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
Such a machine causes certain stirrings in the loins of any red-blooded petrolhead.
—New Atlas, 22 June 2025
Nor should any red-blooded heroine be expected to drop as alluring a presence as Pascal.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Highlights of the book with the proudly, grammatically incorrect title include rants against nature, those godless Hollywood liberals, and how everything is trying to turn red-blooded Americans gay.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
And on the high-school football team, the comedian remembers trying to pass off his pop-star obsessions as pure, red-blooded machismo.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 May 2025
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2026
These immigration and customs enforcement officers are red-blooded American patriots doing a tough job to keep our nation safe.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 8 Jan. 2026
If this is your first taste of the tale, give yourself over to the prickly but tender relationship between prisoners Luis and Valentin, played by feisty new talent Tonatiuh and a red-blooded Diego Luna.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 14 Dec. 2025
Sounds like something a red-blooded communist would say.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
Such a machine causes certain stirrings in the loins of any red-blooded petrolhead.
—New Atlas, 22 June 2025
Nor should any red-blooded heroine be expected to drop as alluring a presence as Pascal.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Highlights of the book with the proudly, grammatically incorrect title include rants against nature, those godless Hollywood liberals, and how everything is trying to turn red-blooded Americans gay.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
And on the high-school football team, the comedian remembers trying to pass off his pop-star obsessions as pure, red-blooded machismo.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 May 2025
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“Red-blooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-blooded. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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