as in energetic
having active strength of body or mind
a red-blooded rugby player who always plays to win
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Recent Examples of red-blooded
These immigration and customs enforcement officers are red-blooded American patriots doing a tough job to keep our nation safe.
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Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 8 Jan. 2026
If this is your first taste of the tale, give yourself over to the prickly but tender relationship between prisoners Luis and Valentin, played by feisty new talent Tonatiuh and a red-blooded Diego Luna.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 14 Dec. 2025
Sounds like something a red-blooded communist would say.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
Such a machine causes certain stirrings in the loins of any red-blooded petrolhead.
—New Atlas, 22 June 2025
Nor should any red-blooded heroine be expected to drop as alluring a presence as Pascal.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Highlights of the book with the proudly, grammatically incorrect title include rants against nature, those godless Hollywood liberals, and how everything is trying to turn red-blooded Americans gay.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
And on the high-school football team, the comedian remembers trying to pass off his pop-star obsessions as pure, red-blooded machismo.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Every red-blooded American male has no doubt fantasized about what went on in Hugh Hefner’s bedroom with his harem of blond bombshells.
—Alex Apatoff, People.com, 3 May 2025
Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 8 Jan. 2026
If this is your first taste of the tale, give yourself over to the prickly but tender relationship between prisoners Luis and Valentin, played by feisty new talent Tonatiuh and a red-blooded Diego Luna.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 14 Dec. 2025
Sounds like something a red-blooded communist would say.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
Such a machine causes certain stirrings in the loins of any red-blooded petrolhead.
—New Atlas, 22 June 2025
Nor should any red-blooded heroine be expected to drop as alluring a presence as Pascal.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Highlights of the book with the proudly, grammatically incorrect title include rants against nature, those godless Hollywood liberals, and how everything is trying to turn red-blooded Americans gay.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
And on the high-school football team, the comedian remembers trying to pass off his pop-star obsessions as pure, red-blooded machismo.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Every red-blooded American male has no doubt fantasized about what went on in Hugh Hefner’s bedroom with his harem of blond bombshells.
—Alex Apatoff, People.com, 3 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for red-blooded
Adjective
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His interests reflect both his creativity and his energetic spirit.—
MARE Staff,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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Some 35 times more energetic than any neutrino seen before, the particle might have shot out from a highly active galaxy — a blazar — or a background source of cosmogenic high-energy particles that scientists suspect pervade the cosmos.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Federal guidelines recommend at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week, such as brisk walking, or 75 minutes of vigorous activity.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Preliminary research released by the American Academy of Neurology in February also found a link between regularly getting moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and a lower risk of developing dementia.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Emanuel and his partners were soon signing the most glittering names in show business, acquiring some of the most dynamic companies on the planet (IMG, UFC, WWE).—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
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After choosing a makeup look from one of three makeup artists—Carolina Gonzalez, Allan Avendano, and Fiona Stiles—who have partnered with Swan, a dynamic overlay is adapted to your face shape to help with product application.—
Elizabeth Gulino,
Allure,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Harry Maguire and his father, Alan, are having a robust debate after a Manchester United pre-season game against Everton about which of them was the better player.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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There are lazy ways to do this, and there are more robust ways to do so.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But smart casting, witty writing, lively directing, and artful character development have also yielded the rare superhero riff that, as Kovak puts it, finds the human underneath.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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For 30 minutes, the producers mostly paint with a warm, lively palette, whisking fragments of IDM, ghettotech, and house into a hypnotic swirl.—
Rae-Aila Crumble,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
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