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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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.
She described being taken to a ward just an hour after giving birth and still bleeding, then being left in the same bloodstained sheets for 12 hours.
From BBC
Mr Chere - the leader of a teachers’ union - had bloodstained clothes and limped in pain during his first court appearance earlier this month.
From BBC
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