: extremely or excessively high
seats in the nosebleed section
nosebleed stock prices
Examples of nosebleed in a Sentence
Noun
She often suffers from nosebleeds.
Adjective
We had seats in the nosebleed section of the stadium.
we were sitting way up in the nosebleed seats
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026
Trump certainly drew attention—much more so than Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who sat in the nosebleeds with state lawmakers and didn’t figure into the broadcast, unlike former mayor Michael Bloomberg, who looked a bit shaken up after Knicks point guard Jose Alvarado crashed into his courtside seat.
—Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026
Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
New York — Tickets to the NBA Finals in New York are so hot that fans are spending thousands of dollars – even for nosebleed seats.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
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Noun
The impact of the shove caused facial trauma and a visible nosebleed, the suit states.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026
Trump certainly drew attention—much more so than Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who sat in the nosebleeds with state lawmakers and didn’t figure into the broadcast, unlike former mayor Michael Bloomberg, who looked a bit shaken up after Knicks point guard Jose Alvarado crashed into his courtside seat.
—Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026
Adjective
Outside of a limited number of affordable tickets, the face-value price for even nosebleed seats currently stands at $400 to $600.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
New York — Tickets to the NBA Finals in New York are so hot that fans are spending thousands of dollars – even for nosebleed seats.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
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“Nosebleed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nosebleed. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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nosebleed
noun
nose·bleed
-ˌblēd 
: an attack of bleeding from the nose
called also epistaxis
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