red-blooded
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- red-bloodedness noun
Etymology
Origin of red-blooded
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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But red is so much more, and has been since the dawn of red-blooded humankind and their big brains.
From Seattle Times
Endgame is a much less red-blooded piece of writing.
From BBC
With its red-blooded hooks and startlingly forward depictions of expressing need, “Reckless,” released through the Nashville indie label Thirty Tigers, caught on with a broad cross-section of fans.
From Los Angeles Times
Doing so would hardly be new: Harry Truman and Franklin Roosevelt used such red-blooded language.
From New York Times
But it’s also an object lesson in the red-blooded capitalistic behavior we should expect from any profit-seeking entity, no matter how it dresses itself up.
From New York Times
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