How to Use bloody murder in a Sentence

bloody murder

adverb

• As she was dragged away, Kor began to scream bloody murder.
  — Robert King, Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2018
• Perhaps the graceful wings and perching feet of a blue tit got their start with bloody murder on the ground.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2011
• Compelled by the smell of blood, the bats descend on Morbius, who screams bloody murder.
  — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 15 Jan. 2020
• When the moves would backfire, people would scream bloody murder.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• The child stood exactly on the chalk line itself—and screamed bloody murder if asked to take a step inside or outside.
  — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2020
• The lady was hurrying but stumbling with her arms full of the weight of a kid screaming bloody murder, banging his fists against her like a right little Mike Tyson.
  — Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
• Their first Valentine’s Day together, Clark surprised his then-new girlfriend with a bloody murder-themed date night.
  — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• The state, controlled by Democrats who rely on the public unions for political muscle, would scream bloody murder.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
• The image of Derek Chauvin’s knee slowly squeezing the warm, rich life out of Floyd inspired millions to march, chant, pray, pull down statues, throw projectiles and scream bloody murder.
  — Donna Britt, Washington Post, 26 June 2020
• Republicans would be screaming bloody murder, just like the Democrats are doing right now, filling up with air, making big speeches and pithy tweets.
  — John Kass, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2019
• Never mind that whenever a mouse appeared in our actual house, my mother would scream bloody murder.
  — Lauren Le Vine, refinery29.com, 6 May 2020
• After a bloody murder spree in suburbia in season three, Joe, the show's obsessive stalker and serial killer, runs off to England to start a new life (and, of course, to chase his latest obsession, Marienne).
  — Meg Walters, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2023
• In Only Murders’ second season, which premiered in June 2022, the trio becomes suspects in the bloody murder of another building resident.
  — Toby Grey, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022
• But something happens, fairly late in the game, that converts the film’s merely technical displays of bloody murder into something suspenseful and romantic, if no less silly.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2023
• For decades, the drug industry has yelled bloody murder each time Congress considered a regulatory measure that threatened its profits.
  — Arthur Allen, CNN, 12 Aug. 2022
• But if a Democratic president acted similarly — Republicans would be screaming bloody murder.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024