nosebleed
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of nosebleed
1400–50 as plant name; 1850–55 nosebleed for def. 1; late Middle English; see nose, bleed
Example Sentences
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He received treatment on the issue on three separate occasions, with the final nosebleed arriving as he was serving to stay in the match at 5-4 down in the deciding set.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Today’s valuations are nowhere near the nosebleed levels many bears would have you believe.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Narbé’s brother got his hands on a pair of nosebleed tickets and immediately handed them over to his soccer-loving relatives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Behold the swaggy celebrity fans like Timothée Chalamet, the $10,000 nosebleed seats, the President of the United States bopping north to catch Monday’s Game 3 at Madison Square Garden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Meanwhile, my parents would tell us to be nice if they saw all this, but I got the feeling it amused my dad as much as anything else had since Jeff’s nosebleed.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
It sometimes took years for people to find out that their headaches or nosebleeds or breathing pains and nausea could be traced back to that business maybe only a few blocks away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Instead he cheered on the Knicks with his friends in the nosebleeds, barely recognized by other attendees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
For months, we’ve been bombarded with tales of four-figure nosebleeds and not-so-premium premium seats that cost more than Nantucket vacations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Tirayut says his oldest daughter, six, "had nosebleeds, a rash, and an allergic reaction in her eyes, to the point where her eyelids were swollen".
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
He was feeling much better, his fever had vanished, he had not developed any nosebleeds, and he was getting restless.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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