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Meanings of gory in English

Accompanied by bloodshed.

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Covered in blood.

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Examples for "bloodied"
Examples for "bloodied"
1
His camera and bloodied flak jacket were carried on a second stretcher.
The Irish Times
2
They were all bloodied and bruised, but none had suffered serious harm.
Secret of the Dragon
3
The surgeon was studying Golan closely, a bloodied hand raised to help.
Blood and Bone
4
In Irial's hand was a bloodied hilt: the blade itself was missing.
Radiant Shadows
5
Powerless, he hung suspended as Clara's Light shone on Eirwen's bloodied body.
The grail king
1
The intestinal contents in such cases were not colorless, but consisted of a sanguinolent, ichorous, putrid fluid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884
Usage of gory in English
1
When Zetas fight Zetas, the results are likely to be particularly gory.
Reuters
2
The gory body was left in the hands of the Russian nobles.
The Empire of Russia: From the Remotest Periods to the Present T...
3
He discussed the gory details: Your bladder usually holds about 400 ccs.
Tears of a clown: glenn beck and the tea bagging of america
4
He also disagreed that gory images of the crucified Christ distressed children.
The Irish Times
5
His flashlight-laser was gory up to the elbow of his left hand.
Ringworld
6
A gory shell-like hulk slid back to the foot of the ramp.
Warlord of Kor
7
Swiftly, in order, and without much cruelty the gory work was done.
A History of the Moravian Church
8
Just give us 30 seconds in there with these blades of gory.
Wired
9
The devastating and gory effectiveness of the readerguns had become immediately apparent.
The Departure
10
The sun began setting in gory clouds, behind some low green hills.
Mixed Magics
11
It's not gory but the characters encounter scarier situations than in HappyLoo.
Wired
12
It's also crude, exploitative and more gleefully gory than your average cockfight.
The Irish Times
13
With flashing eyes and swelling veins, he gazed upon the gory face.
The Tiger Hunter
14
The bat'leth cuts open my shirt, revealing my gory insides to everyone.
The Menstruating Mall
15
In Caravaggio's painting Judith Beheading Holofernes, red is both gory and sensual.
The Guardian
16
And gory images showing how young Orry lay slaughtered in his bed.
Navigators of Dune
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