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Recent Examples of bloodthirsty Here’s another image from the D’Aulaires, a drawing this time, right at the confluence of cute and bloodthirsty so beloved by kids of a certain age. Seamus Sullivan september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025 Her radical friend Anja, however, goes too far, poisoning pig feed with a strange black liquid that gradually turns the pigs into bloodthirsty zombies. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025 His bloodthirsty crew has turned their tools on humans, transforming meat hooks and chainsaws into instruments of terror. Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025 But all were gleefully lapped up by tried-and-true slasher fans and a new wave of bloodthirsty teenage audiences. Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bloodthirsty
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Adjective
  • Their characters try to help when the Fisherman, a hook-wielding murderous menace in a rain slicker, returns to haunt yet another group of youngsters with no respect for road safety.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Halloween 5 presents more supernatural elements than previous Halloween films, with Jamie having a telepathic connection to her murderous uncle, and Michael being cursed and controlled by a cult to kill his family members.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Rader’s double life as a doting father and savage murderer is the subject of the new Netflix documentary My Father, the BTK Killer, based on his daughter Kerri Rawson’s search to make sense of the secret double life her father hid from his family.
    Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The ensuing carnage was swift and savage.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025

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