bloody murder

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Recent Examples of bloody murder 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 What one neighbor described as a typical Friday morning in a small Houston suburb turned into a bloody murder scene over an alleged affair. Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for bloody murder
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Adverb
  • But overall, he’s clearly put in some work on the whole public speaking thing.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • However, any new editor in chief, particularly, one with this much visibility on their first issue — wants to make their mark and wants to clearly establish their vision with that first cover.
    A Martínez, NPR, 27 June 2025
Adverb
  • And then editing it back and forth with my coach and reading it out loud to her every week was very therapeutic.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 July 2025
  • But the trial also put a spotlight on something far more stirring and hopeful: the unalloyed courage of women speaking their truth out loud.
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 3 July 2025

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“Bloody murder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloody%20murder. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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