as in bloody
smeared or stained with blood
had to throw away the bloodstained washcloth after a particularly bad nosebleed
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Recent Examples of bloodstained
Brenton Clarke was arrested three weeks ago in bloodstained clothes for allegedly beating to death two men and hospitalizing two other people in downtown Miami.
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
Video footage shared on social media showed bloodstained floors.
—David C. Adams, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
The latter also had video of the bloodstained concrete of where the shooting happened.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
Then Nordby helped lead a search of Edwards home, finding bloodstained towels tucked away in trash bags in the garage and traces of blood all over his bedroom that apparently had been tried to be washed away.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
Video footage shared on social media showed bloodstained floors.
—David C. Adams, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
The latter also had video of the bloodstained concrete of where the shooting happened.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
Then Nordby helped lead a search of Edwards home, finding bloodstained towels tucked away in trash bags in the garage and traces of blood all over his bedroom that apparently had been tried to be washed away.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodstained
Adjective
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After watching in terror as a man violently attacked a police officer in an El Cajon fast-food restaurant, Iesha Booker checked for a pulse on the bloody, unconscious officer and yelled into the radio on his belt.—
Karen Kucher,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
19 July 2017
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Photos of the man in a hospital bed with a bloody mouth were also posted.—
Jonece Starr Dunigan,
AL.com,
14 July 2017
Adjective
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In between walking red carpets and attending charity events together, the pair welcomed two children, daughters Evangeline Ruth and Elijah.—
Ellie Beeck,
Peoplemag,
6 Feb. 2023
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Music’s biggest night returns to Los Angeles on Sunday, and along with it, one of Hollywood’s grandest red carpets.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2023
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Over the later part of the weekend, North Texans could see a reddish orange sky from the dust.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2025
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Above the strike is a reddish phenomenon known as a sprite, which sometimes occurs in the atmosphere between 50 and 90 km above a lightning strike near the surface of the planet.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
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“Bloodstained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodstained. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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