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Meanings of sanguinary in English
Synonyms
Examples for "bloodthirsty"
Examples for "bloodthirsty"
1
I am not bloodthirsty at all; I am only logical and consistent.
2
He was the savagest and most bloodthirsty of all the Mexican partisans.
3
A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a walled city.
4
A bloodthirsty, triumphant cheer went up among the Korelri Chosen gathered above.
5
He could not accept that part of her, so bloodthirsty and unyielding.
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2
But at least you knew where you were with a bloody-minded tyrant.
3
Whether it is insolence, indifference, ignorance or bloody-minded chutzpah is anyone's guess.
4
A sheer bloody-minded and suicidal response could therefore not be overruled.
5
But now an unforeseen difficulty came in the way of the bloody-minded Bullers.
Usage of sanguinary in English
1
But the stage-picture is less sanguinary than it looked in the beginning.
2
The most sanguinary events of the campaign occurred on the Niagara frontier.
3
One of the most sanguinary contests of the day now took place.
4
The last act of our drama is recorded, the last sanguinary scene.
5
The conflict was long and sanguinary, and the result disastrous for Elam.
6
On earlier occasions he had followed Calvin in deprecating such sanguinary measures.
7
The outward development, the supersocial struggle, is the sanguinary struggle of nations-war
8
Fortunately, the Crows were in a jocose, rather than a sanguinary mood.
9
She does not ask for violent or sanguinary measures against simple heretics.
10
There were attacks and counter-attacks of the most sanguinary nature near Calais.
11
The very commencement of his reign gave symptoms of his sanguinary disposition.
12
A few seconds after they wheeled about and the sanguinary fight began.
13
Throughout this sanguinary action both parties showed the greatest courage and determination.
14
There was a pause now to look at some rather sanguinary art-work.
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These sanguinary egotisms are among the most characteristic traits of hardened criminals.
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Two days later the Taku forts were captured after a sanguinary conflict.
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