Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having one's blood warmed by excitement, as by a bloody contest.

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Examples

  • She wrapped her arms about him and buried her head against the mat of his chest and let his blood-warmed flesh and bone mute her satisfied cries.

    The Haunting Tarr, Hope 2007

  • From his vantage point down on the blood-warmed cement, he could inspect at his leisure every shoe in the crowd.

    Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990

  • Conan pulled on his sword, but the weight of the dead whelf held the blood-warmed steel fast.

    Conan the Fearless Perry, Steve 1986

  • Instead of passing through his energy field as it had when she’d tried to shake hands with Hap, her palm met with blood-warmed flesh and solid bone.

    The Haunting Tarr, Hope 2007

  • She stretched out a hand to beckon him back, but instead of meeting with firm, blood-warmed flesh, it passed through him as though … as though he wasn’t really there.

    The Haunting Tarr, Hope 2007

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