How to Use bloody murder in a Sentence

bloody murder

adverb
  • As she was dragged away, Kor began to scream bloody murder.
    — Robert King, Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Perhaps the graceful wings and perching feet of a blue tit got their start with bloody murder on the ground.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2011
  • Compelled by the smell of blood, the bats descend on Morbius, who screams bloody murder.
    — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 15 Jan. 2020
  • When the moves would backfire, people would scream bloody murder.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021
  • At one point, federal agents even staged a bloody murder scene, with the help of the would-be victim, to help ensnare Phillips.
    — James Queally, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The child stood exactly on the chalk line itself—and screamed bloody murder if asked to take a step inside or outside.
    — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Suddenly, you're whisked back into de Villes of the past as the Michelin XW4 whitewalls scream bloody murder.
    — Phil Berg, Car and Driver, 8 June 2020
  • Then Anna sees what appears to be a bloody murder through the window…but nobody believes her.
    — Jocelyn McClurg, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2018
  • If a Democrat had done those things before Donald Trump, or even now, these guys would be screaming bloody murder.
    — Greg Jefferson, ExpressNews.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The lady was hurrying but stumbling with her arms full of the weight of a kid screaming bloody murder, banging his fists against her like a right little Mike Tyson.
    — Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
  • Their first Valentine’s Day together, Clark surprised his then-new girlfriend with a bloody murder-themed date night.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The state, controlled by Democrats who rely on the public unions for political muscle, would scream bloody murder.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Then as now, Democrats howled bloody murder and swore that Congress and the Court would regain their rightful places and restore the proper, constitutional process.
    — Kevin Baker, New Republic, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The image of Derek Chauvin’s knee slowly squeezing the warm, rich life out of Floyd inspired millions to march, chant, pray, pull down statues, throw projectiles and scream bloody murder.
    — Donna Britt, Washington Post, 26 June 2020
  • Republicans would be screaming bloody murder, just like the Democrats are doing right now, filling up with air, making big speeches and pithy tweets.
    — John Kass, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2019
  • One of the most technical scenes in the maze shows the ghostly Grady twins before and after their bloody murder at the hands of their caretaker father, who preceded Jack at the Overlook Hotel.
    — Brady MacDonald, latimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Never mind that whenever a mouse appeared in our actual house, my mother would scream bloody murder.
    — Lauren Le Vine, refinery29.com, 6 May 2020
  • After a bloody murder spree in suburbia in season three, Joe, the show's obsessive stalker and serial killer, runs off to England to start a new life (and, of course, to chase his latest obsession, Marienne).
    — Meg Walters, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Democrats, as usual, screamed bloody murder about Republican heartlessness and voted against it.
    — Jonah Goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News, 18 July 2017
  • In Only Murders’ second season, which premiered in June 2022, the trio becomes suspects in the bloody murder of another building resident.
    — Toby Grey, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022
  • But something happens, fairly late in the game, that converts the film’s merely technical displays of bloody murder into something suspenseful and romantic, if no less silly.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2023
  • But something happens, fairly late in the game, that converts the film’s merely technical displays of bloody murder into something suspenseful and romantic, if no less silly.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • For decades, the drug industry has yelled bloody murder each time Congress considered a regulatory measure that threatened its profits.
    — Arthur Allen, CNN, 12 Aug. 2022
  • But if a Democratic president acted similarly — Republicans would be screaming bloody murder.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020

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