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
Grab a seat on the couch by antique rugs and a faux brick wall, or flip some tarot cards from their collection in a room that appears to have bloodstained walls.
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Jennifer Billock, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Israeli special forces, ambulances and rescue workers rushed to the attack site where bloodstained pavements were littered with shattered glass from bus windows damaged in the shooting.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
His bloodstained vehicle was found abandoned in a Las Vegas parking lot.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
Shaw’s bloodstained car was found abandoned in a Las Vegas parking lot.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
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Jennifer Billock, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Israeli special forces, ambulances and rescue workers rushed to the attack site where bloodstained pavements were littered with shattered glass from bus windows damaged in the shooting.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
His bloodstained vehicle was found abandoned in a Las Vegas parking lot.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
Shaw’s bloodstained car was found abandoned in a Las Vegas parking lot.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodstained
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Golshan Fathi, a woman living in Tehran, said the Basij paramilitary, which played a key role in the bloody crushing of mass protests last month, was showing a heavy presence in the streets of the capital.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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Images in the video include a photo of the Starbucks logo with bloody Israeli flag stickers a shrinking Palestine map, and archival clips of prominent Black and anti-Zionist intellectuals like Angela Davis and Stokely Carmichael.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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The miniature version of Kelly is wearing the 2025 England Lionesses kit (designed by Nike, the home shirt features a red and blue ombre stripe across the chest and is paired with blue shorts with red and white stripes on the side, knee high socks and soccer shoes).—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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About the size of a football, the fire engine-red sirens look like a clunky, portable speaker.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Anyone willing to be up for the early-morning event witnessed the moon’s deep reddish-orange glow as the Earth passed directly between the sun and moon, casting a gigantic shadow across the moon’s surface.—
Laura A. Oda,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
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On March 3, 2026, the full Worm Moon will slip into Earth’s shadow and turn a strange copper-reddish color for 58 minutes.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Bloodstained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodstained. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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