bloodied

past tense of bloody

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bloodied Directed by James Gunn, the Man of Steel is shown bloodied by a crash landing at the beginning of the trailer before he’s rescued by his super-cute superpup, Krypto. Lisa Respers France, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024 The clip opens dramatically with Superman lying battered and bloodied in the middle of a desolate snowy landscape, shifting back-and-forth showing Clark Kent in day-to-day life as a reporter at the newspaper The Daily Planet. Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024 We’ve been bloodied and bandaged and bloodied again. Charles Moss, SPIN, 17 Dec. 2024 Another neighbor, also bloodied from a beating, fainted. Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024 Ji Chang-wook, who plays a shady broker, is bloodied and battered from the beginning of the series to the end. Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 Led by vocalist Christina Michelle’s hair-raising screams, Deep Sage mangles everything in its path with thick basslines and switchblade guitars until the floor is bloodied but the air, at long last, is cleansed. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024 None was bigger than the Ohio State-Michigan brawl, which left players and coaches bloodied, and at least one officer injured. Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 1 Dec. 2024 The Buckeyes and attendees rushed to stop them from doing so, and the eventual five-minute-long scuffle left players and coaches bloodied and one Ohio State University police officer injured. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 30 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodied
Verb
  • He’s currently injured, but when in the lineup, the 6-foot-4, 203-pound forward is the type of player the Blues love — straight lines, finishes checks, sells out every shift and a nose for the net.
    Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The passengers went to a hospital, but nobody was seriously injured.
    Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The decision was not marred by procedural unfairness.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Lennon's notoriously troubled upbringing was marred by paternal abandonment, frequent moves, and the sudden death of those closest to him, including his estranged mother Julia.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • His vengeance included turning Michigan State in for NCAA violations, leading to probation that crippled the program until the late 1970s.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • As the city litigated and revised the environmental impact report, two devastating storms in December 2023 and February 2024 — the same series that crippled San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier — substantially damaged the wharf.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Draisaitl has played three games since getting hurt against Utah on March 18.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • By the time a tooth starts hurting, the problem is usually more advanced, requiring more extensive treatment.
    Towncare Dental, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
  • But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025

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“Bloodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodied. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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