as in bloody
smeared or stained with blood
had to throw away the bloodstained washcloth after a particularly bad nosebleed
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Recent Examples of bloodstained
The bloodstained gloves are made out of leather and went for $1.52 million, including a buyer’s premium fee.
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
For the next three days, our hero silently sits on the bloodstained floor beside her bed, trying to accept that their baby is lost and his wife may never awaken.
—Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
On a bluff high above the bloodstained shores, service units—often made up of African American soldiers—began the arduous process of digging graves.
—Blane Bachelor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
Video showed bloodstained children dressed in school uniforms and other people lying on the ground and under the vehicle, which crashed into a tree near the school gate.
—Peter Guo, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
For the next three days, our hero silently sits on the bloodstained floor beside her bed, trying to accept that their baby is lost and his wife may never awaken.
—Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
On a bluff high above the bloodstained shores, service units—often made up of African American soldiers—began the arduous process of digging graves.
—Blane Bachelor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
Video showed bloodstained children dressed in school uniforms and other people lying on the ground and under the vehicle, which crashed into a tree near the school gate.
—Peter Guo, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodstained
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A bit further from the wreckage was a leather purse, jacket and a small pair of brown heeled boots next to a broken and bloody plastic chair.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
20 Oct. 2025
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Directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara with a screenplay by Hiroshi Seko, the movie follows Denji as his encounter with café worker Reze leads to a clash between intimate connection and bloody chaos.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But if you too have been mesmerized by the Belle Époque aesthetics of recent video games like Lies of P and Clair Obscur, Halloween is the perfect opportunity to put on a red beret and parry with the best of them.—
James Factora,
Them.,
17 Oct. 2025
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On the Democratic side of the race, four candidates are now vying for the party's nomination, with hopes of flipping the seat from red to blue.—
Hannah Pinski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
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The ticks are small when unfed, the size of a sesame seed or smaller, per the USDA, and are a light reddish-tan to a dark reddish color with dark brown markings.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Oct. 2025
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Yellow, orange and reddish leaves can already be seen in the Northeast, the Northwest and some central portions of the country.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Bloodstained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodstained. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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