bloodstained
[bluhd-steynd]
- stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
- guilty of murder, slaughter, or bloodshed.
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Origin of bloodstained
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Contemporary Examples
The whole figure is clearly legible, except for the feet, which disappear into blood-stained nothingness.
I helped him bury the blood-stained knife and the keys under dirt and stones beside the garden wall.
Outside the palazzo, there are three flags, the European, the Venetian, and the Mexican – the last one is blood-stained.
The improbable and blood-stained scoundrel Joseph Fouché brought down Robespierre and the Reign of Terror in 1794.
Historical Examples
One of them still grasped in his hand his blood-stained weapon.
A Comedy of Marriage and Other TalesGuy De Maupassant
Such but serve the blood-stained cause of our common enemies.
The Burning SpearJohn Galsworthy
Mussed or blood-stained specimens should not necessarily be discarded.
TaxidermyLeon Luther Pray
Minky asked, without removing his eyes from the blood-stained letter.
The Twins of Suffering CreekRidgwell Cullum
“Pity,” he said, his eyes turned again to the blood-stained floor.
The Golden WomanRidgwell Cullum
bloodstained
- stained by or covered in blood
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Word Origin and History for blood-stained
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