How to Use cold-blooded in a Sentence

cold-blooded

adjective
  • Not a cold-blooded killer, but the guy who fought against the system.
    Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The move, while cold-blooded and shocking, was lauded by most fans and the media.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
  • But yes, that was cold-blooded to Dickson, who clearly had a crush on her.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • But yes, that was cold-blooded to Dickson, who clearly had a crush on her.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Events of the past week have established for all time that Hamas is nothing but a pack of cold-blooded killers.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Boyd didn't know it then, but that was the beginning of a 15-year search for her daughter that would pit her against a cold-blooded killer.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Because fish are cold-blooded and don’t live on land, they’re not considered meat.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Because fish are cold-blooded and don’t live on land, they’re not considered meat.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Because fish are cold-blooded and don’t live on land, they’re not considered meat.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But from late fall through early spring, cold-blooded catfish bite better during the day when the sun warms the water.
    Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Juliette Lewis and Peter Dinklage have a cold-blooded face-off in a new Western film.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
  • God of a lack of abundance, cold-blooded, ascendant, how do the animals treat you, god?
    Alice Gribbin, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023
  • These were the actions of a cold-blooded, calculated killer.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
  • For all the handshakes and hugs this weekend, Betts was a cold-blooded terminator between the lines.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Being cold-blooded, the chilly depths cause their cells to slow down, resulting in slower growth but also less wear and tear over time.
    Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Fassbender is the main reason these episodes work so well: his cold-blooded calm thinly masks a state of crisis.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2024
  • In the aftermath of his arrest, some of James’ friends are baffled by how the father of six could possibly be a cold-blooded killer.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The Ice Age made the islands inhospitable to reptiles, whose cold-blooded bodies need heat from the surroundings to function.
    Sarah Fecht, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The film’s most brutal, cold-blooded scene was shot at Lake Berryessa, where the actual Zodiac killer attacked a young couple in 1969.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The film’s most brutal, cold-blooded scene was shot at Lake Berryessa, where the actual Zodiac killer attacked a young couple in 1969.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Brunson’s shot — a cold-blooded pull-up three with the season hanging in the balance — was the dagger that sent New York to its third straight second-round appearance.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
  • Klay Thompson sent it to double overtime, burying his ice-cold start to the game with a cold-blooded 3 with six seconds remaining.
    Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Dre is a cold-blooded murderer, there’s no mistaking that part of her persona.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Paul Walter Hauser is known for both his warm-hearted and cold-blooded characters on screen.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
  • While this can come in handy, the downside of being a cold-blooded animal is the struggle to survive in cold environments.
    Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Imagine a little village where secrets abound and one bad turn may lead one into a world of crime, cover-ups, and cold-blooded murder.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 4 June 2025
  • As if this isn’t a cold-blooded business every offseason.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2023
  • This cold-blooded execution on a New York City street in broad daylight was a shocking act of violence.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Paleontologists have gone back and forth over the years on whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded or cold-blooded.
    Riley Black, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
  • Emmy winner Barkin's take on Smurf in Animal Kingdom is as a fierce, cold-blooded matriarch who calls all the shots — but the real-life inspiration behind her character wasn't quite the queenpin she's made out to be onscreen.
    Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 17 June 2025

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