as in bloody
smeared or stained with blood
had to throw away the bloodstained washcloth after a particularly bad nosebleed
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Recent Examples of bloodstained
The bloodstained week began last Sunday afternoon when a 52-year-old man was fatally shot in the head during a mugging, cops said.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
Those materials can include everything from evidence logs, crime scene sketches and photos of the victim’s torn or bloodstained clothing to the evidence Papakanakis is always hoping to find — DNA.
—Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
So were the fellow migrants tortured in a bloodstained Libyan prison.
—Elian Peltier Annika Hammerschlag, New York Times, 18 May 2024
The bloodstained British, Polish and Australian passports of the World Central Kitchen aid workers killed on Monday.
—Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
Those materials can include everything from evidence logs, crime scene sketches and photos of the victim’s torn or bloodstained clothing to the evidence Papakanakis is always hoping to find — DNA.
—Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
So were the fellow migrants tortured in a bloodstained Libyan prison.
—Elian Peltier Annika Hammerschlag, New York Times, 18 May 2024
The bloodstained British, Polish and Australian passports of the World Central Kitchen aid workers killed on Monday.
—Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodstained
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After watching in terror as a man violently attacked a police officer in an El Cajon fast-food restaurant, Iesha Booker checked for a pulse on the bloody, unconscious officer and yelled into the radio on his belt.Karen Kucher, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 July 2017
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Photos of the man in a hospital bed with a bloody mouth were also posted.Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 14 July 2017
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In between walking red carpets and attending charity events together, the pair welcomed two children, daughters Evangeline Ruth and Elijah.Ellie Beeck, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023
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Music’s biggest night returns to Los Angeles on Sunday, and along with it, one of Hollywood’s grandest red carpets.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2023
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That's because the curvature of the Earth causes the particles to interact higher in the atmosphere, where oxygen is less plentiful, resulting in a more reddish hue.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
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But of the paint companies that have announced 2025 COTY picks, two chose a deep reddish brown, two opted for soft greenish-blue and a fifth went with a bold blue the color of painter’s tape.Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Bloodstained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodstained. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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