How to Use bloody murder in a Sentence
bloody murder
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As she was dragged away, Kor began to scream bloody murder.
—Robert King, Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2018
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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
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Compelled by the smell of blood, the bats descend on Morbius, who screams bloody murder.
—Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 15 Jan. 2020
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When the moves would backfire, people would scream bloody murder.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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But if a Democratic president acted similarly — Republicans would be screaming bloody murder.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020
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