blood and thunder
sensationalism, violence, or exaggerated melodrama: a movie full of blood and thunder.
Origin of blood and thunder
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How to use blood and thunder in a sentence
That was a regular hair-raiser, as the fellow said when he finished the blood-and-thunder story.
Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. StandishJust show me something more in the blood-and-thunder line—no, at the other end of the room.
The Travelling Companions | F. AnsteySuch had been his character and life that the illustrious man was called by the name of Old Blood-and-Thunder.
A Child's Story Garden | VariousEven a blood-and-thunder story of the Russian police was turned on as a serial story in their daily papers.
What Germany Thinks | Thomas F. A. SmithAn aide-de-camp of Old Blood-and-Thunder, travelling through the valley, was said to have been struck with the resemblance.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know | Various
British Dictionary definitions for blood-and-thunder
denoting or relating to a melodramatic adventure story
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