bloody

• You will bring strife to your own doors, to your very hearthstones--bloody, disheartening strife. —  A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861
• Only unwashed, naked duty remains; and its inspiration, man--bloody, dirty, vermin-covered, terrible--sometimes; and sometimes whimpering, terrified, flinching, base, bereft of all his sex's glamour, all his mystery, shorn of authority, devoid of pride, pitiable, screaming under the knife.--It is different now," said the pretty Volunteer Nurse.--"The war kills more than human life The Special Messenger drew her buckskin gloves carefully through her belt and buttoned the holster of her revolver I have seen war, too," she said; "and the men who dealt death and the men who received it. —  Special Messenger
• The work promised to be bloody, and it was necessary to bring all the available force to bear at once. —  Strange Stories from History for Young People
• I found my neck was all bloody, and you may see the marks of his nails at this hour. —  Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.
• Short, but stubborn and bloody was the conflict. —  Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times

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