bloody murder

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Recent Examples of bloody murder The media, Democrats and their NGO allies are crying bloody murder, but most Americans employed in the private sector understand that layoffs are an unpleasant fact of working life. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025 Lucy wakes at exactly 3:33 am every morning, plagued by horrific visions, and her nightmares draw her into the orbit of police detective Ravi Dhillon’s (Nikesh Patel) investigations of a bloody murder and a child’s abduction. Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024 After a bloody murder sends a high school party into a panic, Winnie ends up saving her brother Jimmy (Aiden Howard) by killing Waters. J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023 This one comes with sledgehammer and a penchant for bloody murder. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for bloody murder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloody murder
Adverb
  • Of course, no one bothers with that, even with the content that’s blatantly generated.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 26 May 2026
  • Ahead of the festival, the director called out the Oscars for being blatantly apolitical this year.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 20 May 2026
Adverb
  • The whole episode is a reminder to product designers everywhere that users can be extremely sensitive to the seemingly smallest changes — and Spotify clearly had not anticipated that a teeny-tiny disco ball drop would prove to be unpopular.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • In the video, which has been viewed by NBC News, the car can be seen clearly coming to a stop.
    Sarah Dean, NBC news, 12 June 2026
Adverb
  • He was lustily booed, and also maybe eight.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Helen wept quietly, believing her world had come to an end, while Alice, always comfortable with attention, cried more lustily.
    Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Despite that underlying tension, kids play on the street outside while the large family has a dynamic like any other — noisily squabbling, joking, or in the case of the matriarchal grandmother, Mariam (Hiam Abbass), preparing a meal in a kitchen plagued by constant utility outages.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
  • As Lurie was transitioning into the mayor’s office, union workers were noisily picketing outside several of the largest hotels in San Francisco.
    J.D. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Arena Monterrey booed vociferously as Erik and Ivar laid out Psycho Clown with a double powerbomb.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Cuban Americans, usually vociferously anti-Castro, are clustered in Florida.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 20 May 2026
Adverb
  • Swift blew him a kiss and loudly applauded his performances.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • Yet, at a moment when political, economic, technological, and cultural forces are aligned against young readers and libraries, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature is loudly rejecting a high percentage of books that readers might be drawn to on a library’s shelves.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
Adverb
  • Babe Ruth was the most boisterously outspoken.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • Two Runner is buttressed by a cavalcade of boisterously rootsy country acts all deeply versed in their genre’s bloodlines, who freely celebrate them with aplomb.
    Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Adverb
  • Sherman, who at 71 has served almost 30 years in Congress, resoundingly beat out Levine by more than 20 points.
    Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
  • Voters resoundingly reiterated their support for a more traditional prosecutorial approach favored by Jones Dickson after Price's recall, rejecting a return to the progressive prosecution reforms championed by Price.
    Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 9 June 2026

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“Bloody murder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloody%20murder. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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