How to Use blooded in a Sentence

blooded

adjective
  • And who was the cold-blooded killer — or killers — who took his life?
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Fish are cold-blooded creatures, and their habits change once lakes freeze over.
    Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Health risks are possible for even the most warm-blooded among us.
    Nicole Blackwood, baltimoresun.com, 19 July 2019
  • Back then, Ted was the butt of the joke—all red-blooded bluster and hubris.
    The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The fact remains, take away the boyish charm and you’re left with a cold-blooded killer.
    Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 3 May 2019
  • Some people even replied with jokes about how their full-blooded siblings aren’t that nice to them.
    Elly Belle, Teen Vogue, 2 Aug. 2018
  • Like all snakes, copperheads are cold blooded.
    Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026
  • The ancestors of lizards and snakes appeared to be cold-blooded.
    Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The oldest host in the park who went from mild-mannered country gal to cold-blooded killer?
    Mehera Bonner, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Dinosaurs were thought to have been cold-blooded, like modern reptiles.
    National Geographic, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Love Booker as the cold-blooded guy coming up with the dagger.
    Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The same testing was done on cold-blooded invertebrate shells found in the same area.
    Fox News, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Nobody in the blue-blooded echelon hand-picked him as the next up-and-comer.
    Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Terry Clark is a cold-blooded killer who shot a man in the chest, killing him instantly.
    Cincinnati.com, 28 June 2017
  • The fourth wall drops away and the production becomes a full-blooded rock show, with band and cast onstage.
    Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Tequila, its blue-blooded cousin, is a mezcal made from the Blue Agave species of maguey.
    John MacCormack, ExpressNews.com, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Every red-blooded male wants to be the only macho man on site with the strength or the smarts to get the lid off a pickle jar.
    Jon Fobes, cleveland.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Communal denning of the cold-blooded reptiles is most common in the north.
    Erin Stone, azcentral, 8 June 2020
  • Iguanas might be cold blooded, but sometimes frigid temperatures can be too much.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The shiny blue screwworm fly lays its eggs in the open wounds of warm-blooded animals, so its larvae have something to eat.
    Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Gossip Girl’s Lily van der Woodsen), or just plain cold-blooded.
    Kim Fusaro, Glamour, 16 May 2022
  • Jerry Burns' resume was the opposite of a cold-blooded killer.
    Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2021
  • And be clear-headed, and cold-blooded, about that regime’s senior partner, in Moscow.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 July 2021
  • Monk, also 6-3, is just a cold-blooded shooter who curls around screens and gets his shot off like a camera shutter.
    Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 24 Mar. 2017
  • But the hot-blooded Brazilian quickly quashed that idea on the opening lap at Suzuka.
    Sarah Holt, CNN, 10 Oct. 2019
  • His cold-blooded 3-pointer as the Bucks tried to mount a rally in the fourth-quarter helped secure the win.
    Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Austin thinks that might be why lizards evolved to be green-blooded because malaria is an issue for New Guinea and lizards.
    Fox News, 16 May 2018
  • Propaganda is enabled by the cold-blooded use of human shields, whether hostages or civilians.
    Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
  • One shocking thing about this discovery is that one of the few creatures that can live all the way up on this volcano is a small, warm-blooded one.
    Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 31 Mar. 2020
  • In these works, small details of sound and pattern evoke whiffs of warm-blooded presence that make the sense of loss more wrenching, and indeed eerie.
    Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2018

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