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How to use bloody in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective, adverb, verb

Bloody means covered in blood. Example: “All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.”

Examples of bloody by meaning

adjectiveCovered in blood.

  • All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.

adjectiveCharacterised by bloodshed.

  • There have been bloody battles between the two tribes.
  • The story of Elizabeth Bathory is one of the bloodiest in history.2007, Lucinda Mallows, Lucy Mallows, Slovakia: The Bradt Travel Guide, page 169

adjectiveBadly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.

  • I was bloody to him and he's my guest.1945, Evelyn Waugh, chapter 5, in Brideshead Revisited […], London: Chapman & Hall, published 1952, →OCLC, book 1 (Et in Arcadia Ego)...

verbTo stain with blood.

  • The butcher often bloodied his apron in the course of his work.

More sentences with bloody

  • I gently tore the bloodied piece of paper out from her death grip.From the entry death grip
  • The championship bout was a slugfest; both boxers were bloodied.From the entry slugfest
  • Vladimir Putin has sacrificed thousands of soldiers in the fight to seize Toretsk during the bloodiest year of the war yet.2025 February 24th, Adrian Blomfield, Kieran Kelly, Meike Eijsberg, Anna Conkling, “The town Russia couldn’t take”, in The Telegraph…. From the entry Toretsk
  • "Shame on those who defile the community by resorting to brutal combat, combat which results in bruises and a bloodied nose.2015, Yoni Elkins, Chelm Stories My Saba Sent Me, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry shonda
  • Most of Teruel's Mudéjar monuments miraculously survived one of the longest and bloodiest battle of the Spanish Civil War.2005, Kelly Lipscombe, Spain, Hunter, →ISBN, page 448. From the entry Neo-Mudéjar
  • “As a nation, our head is bloodied but unbowed,” Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a televised address, declaring three days of mourning.2013 September 24, Sudarsan Raghavan, “Kenyan officials say Nairobi mall siege is over”, in Washington Post, retrieved 30 Sep 2013. From the entry ashame

Meaning of bloody

  1. adjective Covered in blood.
  2. adjective Characterised by bloodshed.
  3. adjective Used as an intensifier.

Full definition of bloody

Questions about bloody in a sentence

How do you use bloody in a sentence?
Bloody is used as an adjective, adverb and verb. For example: “All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.”
What is a short sentence with bloody?
“I was bloody to him and he's my guest.”
What does bloody mean?
Bloody means covered in blood.

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