How to Use bleed in a Sentence

bleed

1 of 2 verb
  • We bled air from the tank.
  • You'll need to bleed the car's brake lines.
  • She was bleeding from the face and hands.
  • Doctors used to bleed their patients in an effort to cure them.
  • His best friend bled out in front of him.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 7 May 2026
  • The child was bleeding from her foot.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
  • Your neck is bleeding all over.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
  • Walt then bleeds out as the feds arrive.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
  • Who is at risk of a bleeding stroke?
    Gina Park, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Gale, who was bleeding from his leg.
    Theodore Parisienne, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
  • Alex had bleeding around the eyes and brain.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Coltrane puts pressure on the wound so the young man doesn’t bleed out.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 30 June 2026
  • Tyler Graf bleeds navy and orange.
    Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The emotion of her dying just bled through the cast.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The skin around Hatchet’s eyes swelled and itched and bled.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2025
  • The world needs to know that this country is still bleeding.
    NPR, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Who is the subject, bleeding from the heart?
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • My nipples were bleeding and my breasts swollen.
    Ann Kellams, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The nose bleeds and all those things were a complete mystery to me.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
  • That same report says her face was bleeding.
    Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • The hum of polishing wheels bleeds through half-open doors.
    Parin Moradiya, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Steam rolled from its nostrils and bleeding mouth.
    Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Vanessa wound up bleeding out with a shard of glass in her head.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Too often, work bleeds into home life.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • My dad’s nose was bleeding from emotions.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Lamott’s unique voice bleeds through every page.
    Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
  • When your blood cannot clot well, even minor cuts can bleed longer than normal.
    Brandi Jones, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Colorado’s defense bled yardage in chunks.
    Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • This one wound, still fresh and perhaps still bleeding, will be a thing for a while.
    Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
  • San Francisco was then able to bleed out the rest of the clock.
    Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2024

bleed

2 of 2 noun
  • The first bleed had happened years ago.
    Nami Mun, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • If all that didn’t make your head hurt and nose start bleed, of course.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 26 May 2022
  • In the next bed, a child with a brain bleed had burns all over their body.
    Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Painterly drips bleed from the red wig and from a blue dot on the chest.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • This means better contrast and less bleed from light to dark.
    Parker Hall, Wired, 30 Mar. 2022
  • For the last day's money run, the brakes were back after an overnight bleed.
    Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2023
  • There's no bleed-through, no paint chips, or damage to the wall, just fresh paint and clean lines.
    Erin Johnson, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Now Max has a brain bleed, and Amelia has to perform surgery.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 12 May 2023
  • For most bleeds, the first step is to apply pressure with a sterile gauze.
    Patricia "blackpacker" Cameron, Outside Online, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Blood clotting, of course, is an essential process in the body to stop bleeds.
    David Cox, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The seizures can be caused by a bleed in the brain or a scar from a traumatic head injury.
    Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • His was more of a slow bleed, mostly from a putter that wasn’t behaving.
    Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2022
  • His head sustained a small temporal fracture and a small brain bleed.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
  • The test will also include an engine bleed, which chills the engines for launch.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The boy was pronounced dead, while the girl was taken to the hospital with a brain bleed.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Melody's lung collapsed at only a few hours old and she was diagnosed with a brain bleed.
    Beth Reese Cravey, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
  • But even that has only slowed the bleed, not stopped it, Van Vactor said.
    Elizabeth Earl, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Raleigh died about 20 minutes later from blunt force trauma and brain bleed.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Weighing the risks Can more bleeds be prevented?
    David Cox, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Symptoms of a brain bleed can include headaches, seizures, and loss of consciousness.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 26 Jan. 2026
  • An imaging scan of his head early the next morning showed an extensive brain bleed.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The bleed hole helps to balance the air pressure between the outer and middle panes.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Doctors put him in a coma to prevent brain swelling from an intracranial bleed.
    Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Doctors later said the woman had brain bleeds and a broken facial bone.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The rash itself usually doesn’t blister or bleed, but in many cases, the skin may peel.
    Lauren Caruso, Allure, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Enough of pretty shoes that make feet blister and bleed; enough of the male gaze dictating female style!
    Meggen Harris, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • With some of these larger or more focused impacts, did this cause a skull fracture or a bleed inside the skull?
    Gary D'amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The victim, who suffered a skull fracture and brain bleed, lives in the Rock Creek area.
    oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2021
  • That meant vibrant screens with sound systems just loud enough to put you in the action without making your brain bleed.
    René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The launch team discovered an issue with an engine bleed in one of the rocket's four engines.
    Aditi Sangal, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022

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