bloodthirsty
adjective
blood·thirsty
ˈbləd-ˌthər-stē 
: eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, violence, or killing
Examples of bloodthirsty in a Sentence
the Goths were a wild and bloodthirsty people
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The trailer shows Powell jumping down elevator shafts, getting shot at, tossing grenades, and giving the finger to the floating cameras that record his progress for the show's bloodthirsty viewers.
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EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Elsewhere, gawp at Patty Chang greedily gobbling a melon standing in for her breast in her seminal 1998 video Melons (At a Loss) and the bloodthirsty mermaids swimming through Jen Liu’s 2023 video The Land at the Bottom of the Sea.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
In the bloodthirsty scenario laid out in his op-ed, McMahon would threaten Columbia before cutting off its funds.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
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—Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
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EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Elsewhere, gawp at Patty Chang greedily gobbling a melon standing in for her breast in her seminal 1998 video Melons (At a Loss) and the bloodthirsty mermaids swimming through Jen Liu’s 2023 video The Land at the Bottom of the Sea.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
In the bloodthirsty scenario laid out in his op-ed, McMahon would threaten Columbia before cutting off its funds.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
From music video cameos to a bloodthirsty engagement to their current relationship status, here is Megan Fox and MGK’s complete relationship timeline…so far.
—Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bloodthirsty
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“Bloodthirsty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodthirsty. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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bloodthirsty
adjective
blood·thirsty
ˈbləd-ˌthər-stē
: eager to hurt or kill : cruel
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