- a variation of bloodbath.
blood bath
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"They're basically like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. They're gold dust, but I think it's a bit of a blood bath to get tickets," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024
Will Arbery’s “Corsicana,” which opened on Wednesday at Playwrights Horizons, is that second kind of play; if its story began any earlier than it does, it would be an emotional blood bath.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
With no short-term solution in sight the final quarter of the year could turn into a blood bath, warns Giovanni Savorani, the head of Italy's Confindustria Ceramica federation.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2021
And auditions are a blood bath, she said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2021
“It’s a blasphemous blood bath, a metaphysical action caper, stylized and splattery, that doesn’t have great depth but makes up for it with volume,” James Poniewozik wrote in his review for The New York Times.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2018
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