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1.	There was scrawled in blood-red letters a single word— RACHE.
2.	Their breasts erect they rear amid the deep, / their blood-red crests above the surface shine, / their hinder parts along the waters sweep, / trailed in huge coils and many a tortuous twine.
3.	Reflections of silver moonlight scattered across the dark blue lake, lending her cobalt-blue eyes a pale purple shimmer as he kissed her blood-red lips.

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[ bluhd-red ]

/ ˈblʌdˈrɛd /

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adjective

of the deep-red color of blood: a fiery, blood-red sunset.

red with blood: The blood-red banner symbolized the army's defeat.

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Origin of blood-red

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Words nearby blood-red

blood platelet, blood poisoning, blood pressure, blood pudding, blood purge, blood-red, blood relation, bloodroot, blood royal, blood sausage, blood serum

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How to use blood-red in a sentence

Former Red Sox star Curt Schilling says his politics are keeping him out of Cooperstown.
Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.
Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
There was deep brown flesh, and bronze flesh, and pallid white flesh, and flesh turned red from the hot sun.

A Republican candidate hoping to win red state support could find a worse team to root for than one from Dallas.
The blood that accused his friend in his heart, rushed to his face, when he repeated what had been told him.
Beginners must be warned against mistaking the edges of cells, or particles which have retained the red stain, for bacilli.
Under the internal pressure his whiskers stood on end and his face grew red.
These differences of interests will lead to disputes, ill blood, and finally to separation.
“You appear to feel it so,” rejoined Mr. Pickwick, smiling at the clerk, who was literally red-hot.

British Dictionary definitions for blood-red

noun

a deep red colour
(as adjective)blood-red roses

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Recent Examples on the Web The fiancés often venture out in coordinated daring outfits, whether that means Fox dressing in a hot pink metallic set that matches MGK's hair or the actress sizzling in a naked Mugler dress while her man sparkles in a bloodred sequined suit. — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Oct. 2022 Wildfires burning along the M25, the main highway surrounding London, suggest otherwise; the same is true of the extreme-heat warnings, 100-degree temperature, and bloodred weather maps. — Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 19 July 2022 Conversely, below ground there is a vast entertainment area with a private bowling alley—a nod to the couple’s sense of fun—where the walls are upholstered in a bloodred velvet. — Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 16 Oct. 2019 At Balenciaga, models wore bloodred contact lenses like cyborg contract killers. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2019 This year’s decorations have taken a different dystopian tack: Walking through a strange assemblage of bloodred trees, Trump looks to be channeling The Handmaid’s Tale. — Bridget Read, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2018 His avatar is a simple color-field of his take on Valentino red, a shade imbued with a touch more coral than Mr. Garavani’s original bloodred hue. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 8 May 2018 See More

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