First recorded in 1855–60
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Mainoo, meanwhile, rose above the blood and thunder with rare composure for one so young.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2024
There isn't the blood and thunder of South Africa, the champagne and swagger of France or the intricacies of Ireland.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2023
On the other side of the English Channel, the reaction against the French Revolution packed a lot more blood and thunder.
From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023
This will go down as the blood and thunder final at the end of a competition that was all about harmony.
From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2010
As a sea story pure and simple, “Captain Brand” has never been excelled, and as a story of piratical life, told without the usual embellishments of blood and thunder, it has no equal.
From Her Mother's Secret by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
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