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Recent Examples of bloodthirsty The first part of Wednesday season 2 ended with macabre revelations involving covert experiments, bloodthirsty zombies, and more than a few corpses. EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025 All that’s missing is a bloodthirsty, vengeful mob. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025 This is not some bloodthirsty pirate contempt with conquering a pleasure planet like everyone thought, but a calculative master manipulator and tactician who knew the value of Kalgan and used it to acquire a larger prize — incapacitating the Empire’s attack forces. Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2025 The shock and interest around the cases were also stoked by the rambling handwritten and misspelled letters Berkowitz sent to police, claiming he was being led by the order of a bloodthirsty demon (or dog) named Sam who demanded more death and chaos. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for bloodthirsty
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Adjective
  • Macbeth, also an unstable Scottish king, blames the witches for the ills caused by his own murderous decisions.
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • With the help of an unpredictable assassin named Louie (Butler, who also plays the Pope), the pair embark on a dark and murderous journey to steal and authenticate the priceless work.
    Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This thrilling prequel stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa and Alyla Browne as young Furiosa, who is abducted by the savage warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) — leader of the Biker Horde — and spends the next decade in captivity plotting her revenge and escape.
    Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • There was a time when loving someone of the wrong gender could result in harassment, arrest or a savage beating.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Bloodthirsty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodthirsty. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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