How to Use bloodshed in a Sentence

bloodshed

noun

• Years of violence and bloodshed have left much of the country in ruins.
• Nayarit was then awash in the bloodshed of the Sinaloa-BLO war.
  — Tim Golden, ProPublica, 8 Dec. 2022
• The raid, coupled with the high death toll, raised the prospect of further bloodshed.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2023
• When Atkins, who went by the nickname Sadie, emerged from the house, Kasabian begged her to stop the bloodshed.
  — Elaine Woo Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 2 Mar. 2023
• Into the suffering, the bloodshed, and the agony of civilians there.
  — Trey Yingst, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
• Some are angry that more isn’t being done to halt the bloodshed.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
• The clashes heightened concerns that the protests would spread and lead to more bloodshed.
  — Julie Turkewitz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023
• Gang violence is still blamed for much of the bloodshed.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Despite the bloodshed, neither side seems inclined to end the war.
  — Dan Lamothe and Isabelle Khurshudyan, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2023
• The reprieve from the bloodshed — while still in the early stages — has many rooting for the young president.
  — Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• The bloodshed spurred new discussion about hate crime laws.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
• It's now been 25 years since the OG Woodsboro murders, but that doesn't mean Ghostface is done with the bloodshed just yet.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 10 Mar. 2023
• In June, Podolyak said up to 200 soldiers were dying each day in some of the most intense fighting and bloodshed so far in the war.
  — Jamey Keaten, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2022
• But there will be no bloodshed today — just some swords-and-chain-mail cosplay.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
• The two of them shouted at each other as the older man pleaded for less bloodshed.
  — Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
• This led President López Obrador to release Guzmán, so the bloodshed would stop.
  — Karol Suárez and Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 13 Jan. 2023
• The report was made to police a day after Lewiston's back-to-back bloodshed.
  — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2023
• But the bloodshed abated somewhat in the ensuing months.
  — Libor Janystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2022
• Steve Moore wasn’t prepared for the bloodshed that awaited him at Janie Ballard’s home.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2023
• All sides should have an interest in stopping the bloodshed.
  — Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023
• The first real bloodshed came from two clashes involving the Wide Awakes.
  — Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
• The sheriff's office said the community is lucky there was not more bloodshed linked to the teen suspect.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
• The queen of Hawaiʻi also wanted to avoid bloodshed and did everything in her power to avoid war.
  — Kate C. Lemay, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2023
• Even with a little bloodshed, the conclusion feels a touch restrained.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2023
• The mob was led, and by those committed to disorder, whatever the cost in bloodshed.
  — Dennis Aftergut, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022
• Still, in some cases no clear answers emerge about what exactly drove the bloodshed.
  — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
• The killings took place a day after Israeli troops killed nine Palestinians in a raid in the West Bank and raised the likelihood of further bloodshed.
  — Isabel Debre, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
• The city’s most impoverished neighborhoods have seen the most bloodshed so far this year.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
• Claire and Robert aren’t alone in their questioning of the 20 years of bloodshed and struggle endured by Americans and Afghans alike.
  — Marie Margolius, Time, 24 Aug. 2023
• This year’s unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006.
  — Stefanie Dazio and Larry Fenn, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024