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
Police said when Michals was arrested, he was found with bloodstained clothes in his residence.
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Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
Jurors see bloodstained items Davis Gould from the Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab began to testify after the lunch break and was the final witness of the day.
—Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
Grab a seat on the couch by antique rugs and a faux brick wall, or flip some tarot cards from their collection in a room that appears to have bloodstained walls.
—Jennifer Billock, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Israeli special forces, ambulances and rescue workers rushed to the attack site where bloodstained pavements were littered with shattered glass from bus windows damaged in the shooting.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
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Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
Jurors see bloodstained items Davis Gould from the Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab began to testify after the lunch break and was the final witness of the day.
—Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
Grab a seat on the couch by antique rugs and a faux brick wall, or flip some tarot cards from their collection in a room that appears to have bloodstained walls.
—Jennifer Billock, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Israeli special forces, ambulances and rescue workers rushed to the attack site where bloodstained pavements were littered with shattered glass from bus windows damaged in the shooting.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodstained
Adjective
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Nearly all the literally bloody labor strikes in the era were not to get higher wages but rather to stop yet another pay cut.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026
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Gunshots put a bloody end to the partying inside Amadeus nightclub on Albion Ave.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But Republicans have long complained that Democrats have used the law to get winnable districts for their Black voters in red states that Republican-leaning white voters could never receive in blue states.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Cops are looking for three men, along with a woman with red hair, according to law enforcement sources.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The marble that makes up the bathrooms comes from nearby quarries; some have marble from a nearby quarry, and others have the same reddish marble used at Le Petit Trianon at Versailles.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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That being said, if a package of beef looks a bit brown, reddish-brown, or a more dull pink, this doesn’t necessarily mean the meat is bad, Brekke confirms.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Bloodstained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodstained. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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