bloodstained
Americanadjective
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stained with blood.
a bloodstained knife.
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guilty of murder, slaughter, or bloodshed.
Etymology
Origin of bloodstained
Example Sentences
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Instead, Longhurst said he went to the bathroom and took off his torn bloodstained clothes.
From BBC
Gory giveaway: A replica bloodstained jersey from a baseball great.
From MarketWatch
Olsen cut the liver into small pieces, offering it with bloodstained fingers to friends and family gathered around the table.
From Barron's
“Nice to meet you, Miss Warne,” he said, tipping his bloodstained cap as if we were at a Sunday picnic.
From Literature
When the New York Times profiled Ms. Rodríguez as a “moderate,” a backlash erupted: Thousands on X ridiculed the paper for whitewashing her bloodstained record.
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