How to Use blood in a Sentence

blood

1 of 2 noun
  • The accident victim has already lost a lot of blood.
  • Her eyes were filled with blood.
    — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There is a lot of chaos and blood.
    — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Picked up traces of blood in his stool.
    — Bruce Headlam, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Her lips and mouth were filled with blood.
    — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Tony was in agony and there was a lot of blood.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • The tides and waves had washed the blood from the sand.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
  • The street in front of the homes is seen stained with blood.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • There were no signs of blood or foul play found at the car.
    — Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 21 Feb. 2026
  • What about the words go home sprayed in blood on the kitchen wall?
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • But there is blood in the water.
    — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • A lot of blood and weird vampire goo!
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Feb. 2026
  • There was blood in the room and an odor that smelled like a body.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • This was a long haul and a great deal of blood, sweat and tears.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The blood did cause some problems.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Not a soccer fan or too rich for your blood?
    — Amy Nelson, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The blood flowed alongside her milk.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Trickles of blood streaked his legs.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Josh O’Connor has blood on his hands.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Brain health depends on healthy blood flow.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That boosts oxygen and blood flow to the brain.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The video shows his back covered in blood.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The 'spray guy' got blood cancer.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • Carpet is red, isn’t it, no harm in blood.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Uh, the guess is blood around this sliding door.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • How much blood would come out of my head and neck when it was blown off.
    — Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The heart could then no longer pump blood into the brain.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • He was found to not have enough oxygen in his blood.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The whole top of her skull was gone, and blood was streaked along her back.
    — Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • He was found in a pool of blood with a hoodie over his head.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026

blood

2 of 2 verb
  • At the other end of play, Winslow came up blooded by the eye in a collison that left a few players on the floor.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • In return for this faith from the club, Lampard must stick with his young players, blooding them against top quality opposition.
    — SI.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Everything suggests Pep can blood some youngsters in midweek and not risk damaging City's European campaign.
    — SI.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Liverpool Football Club is synonymous with blooding young talent into the first team with devastating effect.
    — SI.com, 12 May 2018
  • Rudy was caught by an inadvertent boot from Swedish centre back Andreas Granqvist after 30 minutes, and was left seriously blooded as a result.
    — SI.com, 24 June 2018
  • Connor made up for blooding Girard by scoring seven seconds into Nazem Kadri’s ensuing penalty for interference.
    — Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The Spurs manager is renowned for giving his new signings as long as possible before blooding them into the first team, with Tanguy Ndombele an anomaly during Pochettino's time at the club.
    — SI.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • With Mauricio Pochettino's record with blooding young players particularly impressive - his interest in the German comes as no surprise.
    — SI.com, 5 Nov. 2017

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