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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a bloody face or appearance.

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Examples

  • New York City's Department of Health has launched a new campaign to curb binge drinking that features a bloody-faced man and a woman passed out on subway steps after a night of drinking -- or, as Lindsay Lohan refers to it -- Thursday.

    Mark C. Miller: 10 Best Topical Jokes of the Week Mark C. Miller 2010

  • New York City's Department of Health has launched a new campaign to curb binge drinking that features a bloody-faced man and a woman passed out on subway steps after a night of drinking -- or, as Lindsay Lohan refers to it -- Thursday.

    Mark C. Miller: 10 Best Topical Jokes of the Week Mark C. Miller 2010

  • The Giants needed a bloody-faced Eli Manning to steal a headline in this town.

    J-E-T-S Act Like They Own the Place 2010

  • The boy himself was bloody-faced but hardly looked like someone who needed saving; he was grinning a grin as dangerous-looking as the broken glass that littered the floor.

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

  • The boy himself was bloody-faced but hardly looked like someone who needed saving; he was grinning a grin as dangerous-looking as the broken glass that littered the floor.

    City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008

  • The officer was hatless, bloody-faced, and Obadiah limped off the track, praying that he would not be noticed.

    Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999

  • A pair of bloody-faced Connaught Rangers had attached themselves to Harper and the three were chanting their war cries in Irish.

    Sharpe's Battle Cornwell, Bernard 1995

  • The baby had grown silent in her mother's rocking arms, but the child called Alanya had turned her terrified wide eyes back on the bloody-faced madman who had invaded their apartment.

    Rostnikov's Vacation Kaminsky, Stuart M. 1991

  • The bloody-faced man dangled above the alley at arm's length from the window.

    Conan The Magnificent Jordan, Robert 1986

  • The bloody-faced man dangled above the alley at arm's length from the window.

    Conan The Magnificent Jordan, Robert 1984

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