| 单词 | bloody |
| 例句 | She could see through the bloody cartilage into his mouth, and onto the back of his lacerated tongue. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At least it took him away from that terrible image of Mary’s head lying on the bloody newspaper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It was bloody and clawed, not a hand at all. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Colin, already sweaty and bloody, seemed to be their favorite target. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Some had bloody feet from their walk through the city, but they stood tall and proud all the same, it seemed to Sansa. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With the knights circling it, the dais is like a terrible stage, where all the players are doomed to run through their roles to the same bloody end. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Naked, bloody, limping, she was only a woman, not so very different from their wives, more like their mothers than their pretty little maiden daughters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The whole bloody north would rally around them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And I would have talked with him some more, but just then an officer came riding, and shouted, “Get along you bloody Yankee scum. Back to your mothers.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I put in a load with all the towels and sheets, including the bloody ones from the other night. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Then she stared up at Jinny, one wet bloody hand outstretched. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Yakov had bought a gun, but maybe he decided that was too bloody. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He saw the first bloody dead, heard the first agony. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like in the movies, the shark went for the leg first, the bloodiest candy. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t spit anymore, but I figured that if I tried to pass them, they would probably leave my bloody body on the side of the road. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The tension in the air was as taut as the glass string I was tugging with my bloody hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her body was found by one of the villagers the next day, all contorted and bloody. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I hide the bloody sheets in the back of my closet. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “You spent all bloody night out in the Maze—go take a nap.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The tumult of 1848—the bloody populist revolutions that swept fiercely through France, Denmark, Germany, and Austria and overturned social, political, and religious orders—largely passed him by, like distant thunder. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But if a Mister Average like Leon Cutler slags you off and doesn't even care that you can hear, your credibility is bloody bankrupt. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z His neck twisted at a broken angle, a fleck of bloody foam on his lips. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Somehow, the sight of my fingers’ disjointed reflections against the glass startles me—reminds me of Day’s bloody hands, of Metias’s broken body. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z ‘Take your bloody hands out of your pockets!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She picks up a cleaver and hacks at a bloody slab of meat waiting on the worktable. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The press later described the killings as being as “dark and sordid as any murder story of the century” and the “bloodiest chapter in American crime history.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Cobwebs were handy when a person had a bloody cut. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z All around men turned their heads, because the bloody field was less horrible to look upon than Lyra’s grief. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Finally, she slipped into a fresh tunic and pants and darted to the wishing cabin, where she dropped the bloody clothes into the wishing hole. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And when he smiled, it was around a mouthful of bloody teeth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Had he owned up, it was certain his fate would have been a terrible and a bloody one. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Each letter was ten feet tall; the two words crunched the scoreboard between them like bloody teeth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z His clothes were tattered, barely hanging on; a bloody, thick bandage covered half his head and face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I remember sitting on the stairs in the dark listening to my father’s father—my Poppy—talk to Dad in our living room about “bloody Mingo,” a county just up the road from us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But not before Ophie saw the seeping, bloody welts crisscrossing his back. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z When she drops to her knees to tell the dog how bad he is, she looks right into my bloody knees. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Act like it, or we’ll disband this bloody Council and start from scratch.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The banshee turned into a rat, which chased its tail in a circle, then — crack!— became a rattlesnake, which slithered and writhed before — crack!— becoming a single, bloody eyeball. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “I bet you there’s no one in there but the bloody children.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. It’s also possible that the moon is made of cheese. It’s just not bloody likely.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Oddly enough, Werfel noticed, the man’s own right hand was wrapped up in bloodied gauze. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “He’s in a class by himself,” said Ralf.“He’s a bloody terrorist.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something slung over the back of his destrier, a heavy shape wrapped in a bloody cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Not to go asking Mrs. Shears about who killed that bloody dog 3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Jefferson’s enthusiasm for the French Revolution, despite its wild and bloody excesses, pushed Adams over the edge. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z My cheeks did not feel the warm, salty tears that began flowing down and splattering on his bloodied face. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In my head, I had it all planned: I’d make a grand entrance, a hero, prized trophy in my bloodied hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Wait for the bloody Tour, Alby,” he said, his voice thick with an odd accent. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z ‘If you hadn’t suggested going to the London Eye, this would never have happened. You and your bloody bicycle wheel in the sky!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The First and Second had finally managed, after a long and bloody struggle, to secure Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not as sexy. They broke my bloody jaw.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Blood oozed out R.C. jabbed it again and again until it was pockmarked with bloody holes. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Johnny said he wasn’t interfering in his mother’s love life and he would bloody well work his way through community college, then. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z "It was dark. There was that-that bloody dance. There was lightning and thunder and rain. We was scared!" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I held my finger up in the air and it was only a little scratched up and bloody on the tip. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A whole hour later, tired, our knees bloody from battering them against the rocks we had to climb, we found Auk XIV. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “You still are. Because you still bloody care so much.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Beat him down and killed him, even after everyone said he’d already won. Beat him bloody, left him with his head cracked open.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I baptize thee in the name of the Father, the Son, the— What the bloody hell are you doing? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I rinse the bloody pair in the sink, place them in a plastic bag, and put the bag at the very bottom of my hamper. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Again, I look at the slightly bloodied figure that is Marv. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I looked from the dead, bloody pig to the big, happy grin on the man’s face—my face. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z My heart is bloody, and my soul is on ice. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He fell inside the new rock wall, face a bloody rag. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As they dipped their pails into the water, the rhino would attack, stabbing and stomping them with its mighty hooves, until there was nothing left but bloody rags. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Dying men staggering through the streets, bloody and befouled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Eyes closed, lips moving soundlessly, Muriel stretched forth a bloody hand, and a gust of wind stripped away the sparkling dust. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She knew it was not—as the bloody cloth on which the smiling Capricorn had laid his ringed hand showed all too clearly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It took him a moment to remember that they weren’t on that bloody hill outside Boston. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z A head staring sightlessly up at a homed moon, cheeks ripped and tom down to bloody bone, pits for eyes, neck ending in a ragged stump. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She shivered as a harried-looking white man boarded the trolley right through the closed door, his suit torn and bloody, his hat missing entirely. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Their eyes glowed a malevolent greenish yellow, and their fangs still had bloody chunks of shark meat skewered on them. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He wiped at his bloody nose, eyes gleaming as he panted. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Maybe he would have turned them in; maybe he would have beaten them bloody. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z "My lady," he said, bowing; as if he had not beaten her bloody only three hours past. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Dazed, bloody, a shining bandage wrapping one hand, the man kept repeating, “They couldn’t read. They were illiterate!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The preppy kid falls to the floor screaming bloody murder, and Kelton holds the gun. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Tommy, sit your butt down. What are you bloody talking about?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z This was like bloodying the nose of God. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time I saw the rabbit, still and bloody. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then again, considering how we had ended things after he’d beaten an innocent homeowner bloody, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d progressed to breaking kneecaps for profit. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Painlessly. That’s the most important thing. I want there to be no pain. None whatsoever. And no blood. I will not tolerate a bloody corpse. I want to be lovely in death.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They hacked off her brother’s head in the hope that it was mine, yet here I sit like some bloody gargoyle, offering empty consolations. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A pair of small, bloody feet poke out from under the sheet and I see that the big toenail on the left foot is chipped. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Most of all, though, he cursed the skunks under his floorboards whose perpetual low-key stink was driving him insane—his eyes continually watered, his nostrils had become raw and almost bloody. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was only one thing that worried him; he had to get that lingering image of Mary’s bloody head lying on those newspapers from before his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet she seemed cheerful as ever they’d seen her, her bruised, black eyes shining with happiness and her bloody lips spread in a terrific grin. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “The gods demand that we make a horrible and bloody sacrifice.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His face is bloody, and he doesn’t wait or look back. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Think about that while ya sit here and stare at the bloody walls.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Pete stands with his arms slack at his sides, his sleeves rolled up past his elbows, still holding the bloody knife. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His fingers were clenched, the nails bloody from clawing at someone. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I've been wanting to use "bloody" without earning a demerit, but now the punch of it is gone. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I hunted for and found several stalks of motherleaf and spread the sap onto my fingers where they were bloody and torn. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “We get half, but we don’t end up bloody, and he can move the scavenge out on the train.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z With the Carnage red and bloody in her hearts, she had tried her best and done her worst. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He stops at my feet, staring down at me, his fists clenched and bloody with my blood, his face bloody with his own. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Reckless with desperation, I touched my bloody side, concentrated, and felt a terrible cold tear through me as I pulled more heat from my blood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One man had a bloody bandage over his eye. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My life was written on paper and preserved on paper—all those bloody scholars scratching their notes and their thoughts and their observations. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Vengeance would be his, he thought, for his son’s murder; but that day held bloody death for him and no return. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He was bloody and bedraggled, and his head, which hung by the mare’s shoulders, had red hair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Across their backs they bore round wicker shields covered with hides and boiled leather, displaying painted images of snakes and spiders, severed heads, bloody hammers, broken skulls, and demons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To Nate, it almost seemed that the men were looking forward to a big party, not a bloody battle. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Like you, I am bloody good at it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z His wrists were bruised and bloody where the chain cut into him, but the cuffs were too tight. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She prayed until her knees were raw and bloody, until her tongue felt so thick and heavy that she was like to choke on it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A rope of bloody saliva forming a shape like an undiscovered continent drooled upon the leather and I wiped it quickly away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “What are we supposed to tell them? Go scream bloody murder naked through the streets?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Great. Were all bloody inspired,” Newt answered, then pointed over his shoulder, toward the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z Harpers Ferry remained at the center of things throughout the exuberantly bloody conflict that followed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Despite my attempts to hold their heads still, they twitch and fidget, and as a result have little bloody nicks and gashes all over their heads. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z A bloody gash above his eyebrow as he slammed against the well’s rugged walls. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I have trespassed into his home, the way he slithered into mine last year, hissing threats with his bloody, rosy breath. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “No. I’ve got one mixed up in this bloody war already. I’m not going to let the other one go.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d ripped off the sleeves of her T-shirt and used the cloth to wrap her bloody palms, but her fingers were still slippery and weak. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It looks like a dead person just crawled out, leaving his bloody winding sheet behind. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z They would tear to pieces the wild creatures they met and devour the bloody shreds of flesh. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At first Eleanor thought the pads were actually bloody, but when she got closer, she could see that it was just red Magic Marker. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I remembered my dream the night before—the bloody old man in tattered robes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His bloody face was pressed against the wolf’s ruff, his eyes tightly shut, his lips moving. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The other war, the bloody one of twenty years, did not cause them as much damage as the corrosive war of eternal postponements. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Men would hate and swear a bloody vengeance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Stonily, running his eyes up and down my father, he said, “The bloody thing is not in order, you know?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he brought all the dread with him from the guard station and the brutal, bloody words of his friends, and maybe the moths brought some of it on their furred twilight wings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Dry ones. And cushions or something. It’s bloody uncomfortable.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z If you didn't like it, you shouldn't have bloody well come up here, should you?' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Past it, slipping through the inky water, Sigurd’s ghost leered at her, leaving bloody trails behind him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He hands me a cloth to press to my bloody nose and split lip. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The policeman instead told his comrade to “smash the bloody thing.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Besides, I never done no wedding feast, m’lord. Black brothers don’t never take no wifes. It’s in the bloody vows, I swear ’tis.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A bloody Ripred stood with three other rats that must have joined him in the final moments. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Less than a month later, in the middle of January, some of the monkeys in Room C began dying with bloody noses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Throwing up her arms, she chanted, “Almighty Set has promised his servants, the crocodile gods of the Nile, the bloody heart of the young Pharaoh, Marsh—uh, Marshamosis!” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I spat the bloody tooth into his face just before I passed out. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z ‘Dunno how. You get the film out and take it to the camera shop to have it developed. It costs money and you have to wait. What a bloody palaver.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Marines had captured the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in some of the bloodiest fighting in the history of the American military. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cutting marks in a pig’s ear is bloody work, and the scared pig kicks and squeals like he’s dying; but he’s not really hurt. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He would beat me bloody if he thought I had given him reason, and Kevin might not even find out until too late. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The woman's right arm ended in a bloody stump at her elbow, and her eyes didn't seem to see anything, even when die was looking right at it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Lazlo was uncomfortable pressing onward in this bloody line of inquiry—and he was far from certain he really wanted an answer—but it felt too important not to delve deeper. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In addition to bloody hands, my knees were bruised, and my arms ached. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He had no way of knowing that during the night, his wife in great pain, and after nearly twenty-four hours of labor, gave bloody birth to a fragile baby girl. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z How wrong it looks in my bloody, filthy hand with its dirt-caked nails and scars. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z From around my neck, I removed the cross of lead and laid it on the steward’s bloody chest. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Kissinger reminded Thieu that Nixon had stuck it out in Vietnam for four bloody years. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Two black eyes were blooming spectacularly on his bloody face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In the disorder of the past year, when the central command fell apart and the revolution degenerated into a bloody rivalry of leaders, it was impossible to determine any responsibility. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Twice more Tidbit was tossed into the bloody water, and twice more he barely escaped the jaws of the hungry alligators. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z For others, they had nobody and it was just two sides of the same bloody river. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Already bloody, mouth open in a high-pitched scream, pupils enlarged so her eyes seem like black holes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Blackmail, Nate. Besides, we came to an agreement. He screamed bloody murder and said he’d kill me if I outed him as a beer drinker, and I...made him take his shirt off and flex.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “If someone could help me out of these bloody planks, I would be grateful. I think I may have a splinter through my crotch.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If it means you need to get bloody, then get bloody.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was my money, maybe, but I was a stranger with a bloody face and he’d given something to me that he didn’t have to. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Eamon told me early in the day, Don’t sell the bloody page for less than five shillings. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z What if he did fall over and yell bloody murder every time I looked crossways at him? Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad came home from work that night with his hands bandaged, bloodied from removing the rock that trapped the men. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When Septa Unella pulled her up, her knee was scraped and bloody. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As the bloodied marchers of Selma were being carried off to the hospital, the nation’s three major television networks interrupted their scheduled programs and stunned viewers with graphic footage of the day’s violence. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Now try those dogs at archery to usher bloody slaughter in. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed a handful of them and began scraping them up and down on the same spot until her hand was bloody. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weasley bent over her son and pressed her lips to his bloody forehead. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Come sunset, as the sea turned black as ink and the swollen sun tinted the sky a deep and bloody red, Victarion came back on deck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Monique emerged from the bedroom then, lips bloody and face swollen from crying. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Traffic’s heavy “I hope the bloody kid’s still up,” I wonder out loud. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “I’m going on to Base Camp today with the rest of you. Even if I have to bloody crawl.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Behind a silver horse the bloody corpse of a naked man bounced and dragged. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His throat tasted of bloody iron and there was rusted steel in his feet. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our idiot government should break ranks with Britain too. We must take a stand! Why is Britain not doing more in Rhodesia? What bloody difference will limp economic sanctions make?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Come with me. Strickland’s called all the officers to his tent. War council. The bloody Volantenes are rattling their spears and demanding to know our intentions.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He did not like this news; he had counted on the brothers Baratheon decimating each other in bloody battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Master Archer wipes his bloody hand with his handkerchief. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z But in the last bloody combat Martin was seriously wounded. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Didn’t Moses lead the children of Israel out of the bloody hands of Pharaoh and into the Promised Land? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z On February 18, the town of Marion became the scene of a bloody police riot. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z People round us began saying, “Ridiculous!” and “Can’t some Einstein turn the bloody thing off?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And the probable result would be the same standoff they had now, just at a much bloodier level. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But his own claws, too, were bloody and this blood was not his. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If she gave me a bloody nose for forgetting to sterilize her instruments, what will she do to me now? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A young man dangled from the end of a rope tied to a beam, his face puffy and blue, the clothes he’d worn on the last day of his life shredded, bloody. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And he said, “You are a bloody handful, you are. Jeez.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s better than bloody, which is the other way she does it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z We feed pure meat to the sled dogs—well, all dogs, as far as that goes, cut-up chunks of bloody beef heart. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I inhale deeply before jerking my nose away as the door rattles and Veturius emerges with his bloodied armor and weapons. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He wriggled out, seized Hedwig’s empty cage, and dashed back downstairs to his trunk, just as Uncle Vernon burst out of the dining room, his trouser leg in bloody tatters. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Back broken, the bloody man still tried to crawl toward the inn’s door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The knees of his robes were ripped and bloody, his face scratched; he was unshaven and gray with exhaustion. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I can hear every bloody word you guys are saying,” Newt called in a loud voice. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He tried buying their mercy with his lunch, but they pummeled him anyway, leaving him bloody. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Rocky turned away from them and poured water from the canteen over his bloody hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time the aides pulled her off, he had a black eye and a bloody nose. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z His right sleeve was bloody almost to the elbow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I watched the lady go, and bit my lip until it got all bloody. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z "I suppose we must make some sort of bloody lesson out of die man?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Women dipped their handkerchiefs in his bloody wounds for souvenirs. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “You shall have work for your steel soon enough. The enemy is moving, the true enemy. And Lord Snow’s rangers will return before the day is done, with their blind and bloody eyes.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It is a bit bloody at one corner, but that can be cut off. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time Adah and I spied down there we heard the radio shrieking bloody murder, and for once we actually got to see him answer it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “No hassle. Not unless there’s a bloody uproar.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew this war was bloodier than any before. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Then, deliberately, he wiped his finger under his bloody nose and with two strokes stained my cheeks. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z From then on, even in the bloodiest periods of the war, the two commanders would arrange truces to exchange prisoners. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He knew he would likely go to sleep bruised and bloody to-night. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She looked me over, from the twigs in my hair, to my ripped skirt, to my bloody knee. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Jam shoved the kit back into its place and ran to her room, pulling her bloodied shirt off over her head. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z For a moment he saw the pain underneath, raw and bloody, like a wound too deep for healing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One day I went to the basement to do the laundry and found one of his socks was stuffed with bloody handkerchiefs. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z His nose was bloody and his mouth was bloody. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They march down the hallway, leaving the bloodied form of Baxter behind, prisoners in what has become their castle over the past few weeks. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She hates when books and movies that Roli and I watch are sad or bloody. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Art Moran looked at Carl’s face turned inside out, the skin of it peeled back like a grape, a bloody foam that looked like shaving cream clinging to his chin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “It bit me!” he said, showing them his hand, which was wrapped in a bloody handkerchief. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Somehow she manages to nod, but her eyes are still glued to the bloody and lifeless Baxter. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Rubin told him if he didn’t shut up, he was going to bloody his nose. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminded me of when Heritage came home, all bloody from serving as a child soldier, and I was afraid of him. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The other hand lies on his chest, it is bloody. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, look what the bloody dog brought along,” says one of our fat guys. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “You don’t look so bad when you smile, you know. Even if you are still sort of bloody and your nose is pushed off to one side.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Very funny,” Joe growled, patting his bloody lower lip, wincing with each pat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Although no one considered them capable of winning the war, they could at least draw out the bloody conflict for weeks or months and inflict heavy casualties on Union troops. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Newt stood up, refolding his bloody rag to find a clean spot. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z "Stannis Baratheon is too bloody righteous to buy men. Nor would he make a comfortable lord for the likes of Petyr. This war has made for some queer bedfellows, I agree, but those two? No." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Jesus looked down at us from over the fireplace, as bloody and as broken as usual. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Bloody Juan got a bloody nose when he tried to intervene. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Here we are/' he shouted to himself, "bobbing out here like a bloody cork. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The wireless operator could see, through the shattered Plexiglas of the cockpit, the young pilot desperately trying to free his dead navigator from a torn and bloody helmet. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I shove the bloody blade into my pocket. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I have no black eyes, no bloody noses to report: Cordelia does nothing physical. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The four stallions stumbled often: thick sweat dripped from their flanks and a bloody foam dripped from their lips. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Theon watched them charge and wheel and charge again, chopping the larger force to bloody pieces every time they tried to form up between the houses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “With enough determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill,” Hall observed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a playground and all the other children are jealous because I got to play ‘get whipped bloody and banned from the Archives’ and they didn’t.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She dared not interrupt, unless she wanted a bloody lip. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He trained so hard that he rubbed the skin right off one of his toes, leaving his sock bloody. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z By the time we were done, the place was a bloody, feathery, eerie mess. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z One time, at the end of our sophomore season, I gave Blake Grunwald a bloody nose playing Ultimate Frisbee. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Another woman cried that she was passing bloody stools. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “You’re talking about the beginning of the bloodiest war in U.S. history. Over six hundred thousand people died—more Americans than in World War One and World War Two combined.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There was one time he screamed bloody murder in her backyard because a bird had pooped on his head, and she came flying out faster than he knew she could run. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “It’s got a bloody great iron grating across it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Jennica leans against me, lays a bloody hand on the skin of my arm. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “They deliberately failed us, the bloody Boers!” shouted a student. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The robes she wore had once been the lightest and finest of woolens, rich with embroidery, but now they were mud-caked and bloody and ripped. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I could see them clearly, their faces bloodied and frantic. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had sat with Inge on the morning after the massacre, paralyzed by the bloody scene before us. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Knitting history into the beautiful, bloody tapestry it is. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I stood up and began pulling thorns out of my bloody cheek. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Make a bloody path for Tommy and the girl. Do it.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The smoking, bloodied bodies of over a dozen recently slain Sixer avatars lay scattered on the stone floor around them, slowly fading out of existence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “For the love of God. He died of his wounds. In the bloody bleedin’ armpit. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had smeared bloody fingerprints across the glass. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her hair is matted and bloodied, pressed into the hollow of her crushed skull. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Supplies cut, bloody gray skies, walls not closing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z His lips were cracked with long, bloody splits dividing ’em every little bit. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Her knees were buzzing, bloody, and each move, each step made her draw in short gusts of air. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z And he said that if he could keep his temper then I should bloody well keep my temper. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A man, his shoulder badly bloodied, clung to a barrel. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z The atmosphere of the crowd told him that they were going to use his death as a bloody symbol of fear to wave before the eyes of that black world. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z None of us remember anything, and we’re bloody sick of you reminding us. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The nurse helps me get Miss Celia out of her bloody nightgown. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A hot series of shivers is running through me as he continues clicking and saying: Yes, thank you, this is totally bloody it, perfect, yes, yes, sodding hell, God, look at you. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Madam will beat you bloody, he’s not your concern, it’s not your place. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She limped on, leaving a trail of bloody footprints on the stones behind her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Some of the stems began to sprout heads, bloody red heads that bobbed over and touched her back. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But the former president knew what a bloody gash to his leg really meant, especially in the unknown and unforgiving jungle. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The fierce beast had made a kill; her jaws were bloody and she was coming to slake her thirst in the spring. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “But if it’s Ms. Chavez, then we’re in for a rare fight. She’s no fool and her crew is hard and all our decks will be bloody.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Visibly shaken, Lady Isobel called for Beatrice to attend them, and Ash wondered if it was customary in West Riding for the hunt to come in like that, all bloody and fresh from the kill. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the beginning of a ferocious and bloody battle that would last nearly six months and cost two million people their lives. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The Mother Superior received her in her Spartan office, where there was an immense, bloody Christ on the wall and an incongruous spray of red roses on the table. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where do they come from? Where do they go after they’ve done their bloody deeds? Are they men who sold their souls? Demons? Spirits? No one knows.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If they hadn’t intended to check out my employment record before this conversation, they bloody well would now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it lifted its head, opened its bloody mouth, and hissed at me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A young woman held a bloody towel over her hand; an older woman sat beside to her, flipping through a magazine. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Foreign newspapers relayed stories of “Jew hunts,” where Hitler Youth and Storm Troopers plunged into nightclubs, theaters, and cafes, dragging out every customer who looked like a Jew and beating them bloody on the sidewalk. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But she dropped the bloody cloth to the ground, took Sean’s big hand in her small one and laid it on that terrible wound. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He would later recall the lesson he had learned in that bloody valley: “There is nothing more necessary than good Intelligence to frustrate a designing enemy, & nothing that requires greater pains to obtain.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt my heart limping in my chest, and was revolted by it, a pitiful muscle, sick and bloody, pulsing against my ribs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z First I watch frozen and helpless while gloved hands carry out the bloody dissection in Darius’s mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He wiped his bloody fingers on his breeches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She bound the least bloodied pieces around Lyddie’s head and tied them in place with a narrower strip. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Indigenous peoples see the bloody footprints they left as they crossed the continent. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z My soul was gathered with sinners and bloody men, and all I was thinking of was how to get Mama Tataba to come back, or what we should have brought from Georgia. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam says he’s talking a lot of bloody nonsense and he says she shouldn’t say bloody in front of the children. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Evie’s kicking her feet in the air, and I’m so bloody angry, I don’t want to pick her up for fear I would crush her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z On the floor in a corner lay a bloody cloak. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “And that bloody thing hanging out of your nose is beyond strange.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her brother Rhaegar battling the Usurper in the bloody waters of the Trident and dying for the woman he loved. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He bites the arm that’s holding me—and this burst of energy that Garrett has must give him superhuman strength, because it’s like the bite of a shark, leaving a bloody, gaping wound. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Tallhart, you bloody overproud fool, you never even sent out a scout. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z No one can see the raw, bloody K beneath the cloak I wear. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Do what you bloody well like, and he climbs up to his seat. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z You’ve been walking around that way, and it’s left your feet blistered, scraped, and bloody. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He beat his fist against his palm and railed against a bloody, bawdy villain—Claudius, no doubt. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I looked down at Rufus’s bloody face and said, “If you leave him here now, it will be a long while before he can send anyone after you. You’ll have time to get away.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Just bloody wads of paper on the ground. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “What you did was half brave and half bloody stupid. Seems like you’re pretty good at that.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He takes her hand and lets her pull him and his bloody knee up. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The pellets scored bloody streaks along Snowball’s back, and a sheep dropped dead. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z His face was gaunt, scraped and bloody, his hair dusted with cobwebs, but when he locked eyes with her, she thought he had never looked more handsome. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I come here to get ’em and I’ll bloody get ’em. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I was lying on my own bed, bloody and dirty, but safe. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I watch a girl run with the most glorious bloodied feet in the world. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z We were supposed to wear steel helmets even in Gorizia but they were uncomfortable and too bloody theatrical in a town where the civilian inhabitants had not been evacuated. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z To stop this ridiculous bloody detective game And asking about Mr. Shears wasn’t any of these things. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He stood up on his bloody foot, boot in hand. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My bloodied hands reached out and clung to his legs, but he shoved me away. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Dean, his face bruised and bloody, said “Thanks” to Luna and stood there, shivering, but Griphook sank onto the cellar floor, looking groggy and disoriented, many welts across his swarthy face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I held my bloodied hands out to touch them and felt the cloven hooves of hairy animals. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Baratheon had written a bloody end to that hope, with the help of his friend Eddard Stark, but both men were dead now. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Yeah. It reminded me of some crankheads we busted in the twenties when martial law was declared. Those people were just as nuts— bloody hell-bent psychos, they were. Come on.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He throws his arms out over his head, fists clenched, and shouts: “Open your eyes and look at me! I’m right bloody here!” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She was scarecrow thin, with hollow eyes and bloody feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But it was not my show any more and I wished this bloody train would get to Mestre and I would eat and stop thinking. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Briony still held the bloody metal fragment between her forceps. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They could best understand her, too, who was worshiped, not like other gods by the bloody sacrifices men liked, but in every humble act that made the farm fruitful. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z All was a blur, bloody and gray and flashes of steel; Thomas tried not to look left or right, only ahead, through the narrow gap formed by the Gladers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z His face is bloody and his clothes are dirty with footprints. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “By the bloody hands of Christ,” he said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Then they drew huge multicolored doves, butterflies, and bloody flowers, with hand-lettered verses by the Poet and appeals for the people to unite. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Our battle for Okinawa was some of the bloodiest fighting in the war. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It came crashing down upon her, and Celaena dropped the bloody remnant of the staff on the ground as she removed her foot from Cain’s back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I said, where’s your bloody wife, old man?” the question was repeated. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I dug the man out, a gray and bloody ghost beneath fallen bricks. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I stuffed my bloody shirt into the wine pot and made it watertight with a piece of sympathy wax. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z By that time I was bruised all over from the cows banging into me, and my legs were bloody from the scratches I got from the acacia thorns. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z While the corporal knelt to obey, the lieutenant—round-shouldered, bony, with a deskbound look and a wisp of ginger mustache—said, “You're a bloody disgrace, man.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I checked my rearview mirror to pull onto the highway, then reached up and shoved the mirror downward so it reflected Shawn’s face, blank and bloodied. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And that's when I looked back and saw him, my dad, staggering from the bedroom, his lips bloody, a pistol in his hand. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z On the following day, however, he came back to the house shaved and clean, with his mustache perfumed with lavender water and without the bloody sling. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z What with his bloody hands, red face and spotted apron, he looked like a real butcher. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Corporal Craigie was full of urgency and outrage, demanding which of us knew the science of tying a bloody tourniquet, ilk of ye—by God, the man was dying while we gaped. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Ethel would watch them from the couch or a window, and if one of them stopped working before she told them to, she’d beat them all bloody. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “He sounded like he did when he threatened me with the bloody knife,” I said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I looked down at the bloodied face of Narciso, and I almost felt relieved of the terrible tension my fevered body had carried for so many hours. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And indeed, when Nailer finally ducked out of the elements to drink a hot cup of coffee, Dauntless's main radar showed the bloody blip of the fighting ship closing still. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He was forever threatening to whip the bloody hide off this one or that one, but Arya never actually knew him to bit. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Not me. I’m done with those bloody fools.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mack was in the toilet cleaning his bloody face with wet paper towels. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone cut off the patient’s muddy, bloody uniform, and Adams saw his legs had been blown off at the thighs. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Everywhere, the Beard Patrol roamed the streets in Toyota trucks on the lookout for clean-shaven faces to bloody. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z With her other hand she removes the dagger, the bloodied playing card fluttering down. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "Not bloody likely. The Long Summer will come again before that one would besmirch his precious honor." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z During the twentieth century, only 5 per cent of human deaths resulted from human violence—and this in a century that saw the bloodiest wars and most massive genocides in history. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not a bloody week you’ve been here! You think I wouldn’t risk my life in a second to save those lugs?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t sound like a bloody rescue code to me.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z After months of ignoring the bloody symptoms of his cancer, Dad finally passed out in the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Poor thing had two broken legs and a dislocated shoulder, and its fur was all shredded-up and bloody ’cause the thorns. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z If not for the bloodied shroud, he could have been sleeping. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Mandrake-growers have been known to seize the leaves of one of their prize plants only to find a bloody mangled mess below owing to the attentions of a Dugbog. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I tried and failed to change his bloody course. There can be no peace or good in being yoked to a husband who is intent upon revenge. Therefore I go.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She’s bigger than he is and just as fast, and when the inevitable fight comes, it’s bloody and awful and both have received what could well be fatal wounds, when Haymitch is finally disarmed. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As Håkon pulled his bloodied tail free of the net, Sigurd roared. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Your son beats a boy bloody and you leave it at that?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Union guns firing, men moving among the guns, hunched, a bloody horse running eerily by, three-legged, horrible sight, running toward the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well, I told her she could bloody well find herself a new Knight of the Gate. Black fish or no, I am still a TUlly. I shall leave for Riverrun by evenfall." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Oh, bloody hell, I think, and I keep my head down. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Charlie had a large rip in his shirt, and Percy was sporting a bloody nose. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He was pressing his hand to his knee, and it was bloody. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Farther down, she tossed the bloody clothes in their black plastic bag deep into a dumpster. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She was forever biting her fingertips, chewing off bloody hangnails as she stared out the window. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The police brought him back with two broken arms, his face bloody and bruised. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She was still in that hallway, hearing those screams and their terrible, bloody dwindle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then on my neck, my bloody mouth, then loudly in my ear. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Gaily, shut your bloody hole—there’s a Griever right out the window. Just sit on your butt and be quiet— maybe it’ll go away.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Hermione looked after them curiously, until the man with the bloodied bandage came staggering right across her path. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The old woman hadn’t moved from her spot, but laid the bloodied knife at her side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z "A pain in the bloody pocket all right!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We had survived a bloody massacre and traveled to the other side of the world, only to have Dad die in America? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Do you remember what we were speaking of earlier, of how bloody, terrible things are sometimes the most beautiful?” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At Kitum Cave, while wearing a space suit and dissecting animals, he had been nicked three times with bloody tools. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dumbledore’s expression did not change, but Harry thought his face whitened under the bloody tinge cast by the setting sun. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She saw that one man was already bloodied from a spear point, and it was clear that others would be injured before the disorganized distribution was complete. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He might have led the bloodiest and longest killing spree. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Pebbles are stuck against his bloody palm, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The bedclothes were burnt, but by the time they carried her off her thighs were bloody again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z What skin the corpse lord showed was white, save for a bloody blotch that crept up his neck onto his cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cora pictured the insurrections as great, bloody battles, unfurling beneath a night sky lit by vast fires. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He wanted to beat them all bloody and then brawl his way through the Barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then it flew off into the trees, the red strip dangling from its beak like a long, bloody worm. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “You look like you could use a rest, Alter,” Mrs. Brenner said with a small smile, taking the bloodied cloth back from me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He was shouting, “I want to see my son,” and “Why the hell is he locked up?” and “Of course I’m bloody angry.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I was determined to make Hamlet, by reasoned thinking, doubt his bloody course of action. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She saw him standing there in the middle of it, his hands bloodied with his work. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “Shuck things can climb the bloody walls, remember? Nothing we could build would keep them out.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Outside, the train whistle blows, and I settle in for the long haul, planning my bloody revenge. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It’s three in the morning, I’m playing the Proclaimers too loud for their own bloody good, and I’m pretty sure I have to go and kill someone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Someone threw a stone, and when Dany looked, her shoulder was tom and bloody. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was more like bloody footprints leading into the dark. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She went into the bathroom, and she washed her hands and cleaned her bloody knee. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Some of the youngsters could not land their feet on the ladders and have pulled themselves up rung by rung on their knees, which are bruised and bloodied. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As he moved out from amongst the darkness of the trees into the bloody glade, they were watching him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “But the little ones—” “That’s none of my bloody business,” the policeman cut in sharply. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z With the bloody Battle of Stalingrad—in which as many as two million soldiers and civilians were killed—the tide began to turn against the Germans. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “A poor city that once was rich. A hungry city that once was fat. A bloody city that once was peaceful.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Look at that face. Small wonder men feared them, when they first came to Westeros. I'd like to take an axe to the bloody thing myself." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The nose of that yellow Cadillac was all pleated like an alligator’s, and except for a bloody lip and a bruised forehead, Louie’s cousin was okay. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He’ll remember with perfect clarity Daniel’s busted lip and bloodied shirt. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z One of his legs was bloody and mangled. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Their shoulders was already chafed raw and bloody. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z As with Enrique, the bandits left him in his underwear, sobbing and bloody. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z My knuckles were bloodied, my fingernails black with soil. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The list was so steep he had to climb back up, hauling himself along a snapped line inch by bloody inch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The two boys, one of them with a bloody nose, point at Ronan and tell the officer that Ronan started it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He has to write down facts not a lot of bloody poetry, which is all you hear in Limerick with men in pubs going on about our great sufferings under the English. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z That bloody well ought to have them praying for my success. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The bird half-turned, and pulled another bloody strip of raw venison from the fawn’s ribs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Mark’s eyes drifted up from the bloody patch on the ground and fixed on Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “You’re a bloody spy,” the stranger said, as calmly as if they’d just sat down for a cup of coffee together. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Now, fierce disagreements within Russia itself over how to run the country began a bitter and bloody civil war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He crossed his arms in front of his bloody chest and shuddered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And the man who had shoes that did not match stood in front of me and said, “Big cheese. Oh yes. The nurses. Never. Bloody liar. Total bloody liar.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He frowned, grinned, wiped his mouth with the good hand, the right arm folded across his chest, a bloody rag tucked in his armpit. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Call me old-fashioned, but I think a wife who discovers her husband is in hock to the tune of five thousand pounds is entitled to some pretty bloody straight answers.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And then the policeman looked across at me and said, “Oh Christ, you’ve..And then he put his newspaper down and said, “For God’s sake go to the bloody toilet, will you.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mark watched in sick fascination as they got to their feet, frantically whispering to each other, seeming to obey.The people were bloody and filthy, but they started to act in an organized fashion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z What wouldn’t he give to shield her from those wild, bloody horrors! Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He was opening the monkey up, and now he was putting his hands into a bloody lake of amplified hot agent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The aiakh cut was wide but shallow; his left nipple was gone, and a flap of bloody flesh and skin dangled from his chest like a wet rag. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He wanted you crows to think he had it in his power to blow your bloody Wall down about your knees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Zaman struggled to his feet, blotted his bloody lips with his sleeve, wiped the spit off his cheek. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Canister came down in floods, wiping bloody holes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She dampened the cloth in the water, then scrubbed at Ivan’s bloody face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “And I’d even miss your bloody nose, which, by the way, is bleeding all over you again.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She helped him to his feet and brought him over to the fire so he could pick rocks out of his bloody knee. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She was battered and bloody and covered in bruises. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He flexed his hand and looked down at his bloody knuckles. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The back of his head was all bloody and his eyes were on fire. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They wrapped the body in a canvas cloth that had been discarded in the corner, and Kaede tucked the bloodied rag inside. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “A bloody glove ...” “... means war,” said the queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her hand rubbed at her throat and came away bloody. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Yet no matter how bloody the war might prove to be, he felt the obligation to join the fight "to stand by the country and sustain its authority." Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Two guards helped lift him up, but Chaol could only stare at his bloody hands as they helped him away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Garfield was placed on his right side so that the bloody discharge could drain from the wound more easily. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He drops it on the ground in front of me, a gristly, bloody plop, and I ain’t so hungry no more. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She had three bloody puncture marks above her right ankle, but there didn’t appear to be any missing flesh. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A demigod with a bloody knife stood over her. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Over the years the gang endured bloody turf wars and, eventually, a federal indictment. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Her bare feet left bloody footprints upon the path—sliced by every stone and sharp stick she stumbled over. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Brutal, bloody Cato who can snap a neck with a twist of his arm, who had the power to overcome Thresh, who has had it out for me since the beginning. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But the only thing that happens is that the knife catches and I smash my knuckles into the stake, bloodying them. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A man with an eye for the good ground, already badly wounded and not long to live, weary of stupidity and politics and bloody military greed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Pease far wits. You get her flayed, you can scrub the bloody steps," said Weese. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then I opened the bag and took the shirt and collar and tie out and put the bloody ones in and closed the bag, and dressed. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was holding his hands to his bloody face and kicking now, like a kid in a tantrum. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They were soon in combat again, and after a prolonged, bloody battle, Allen was ordered to guard a pile of several hundred dead NVA soldiers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z There were some men around him from the old Second Maine and he talked to them automatically, not knowing what he was saying, thanking them for the fight, looking on strange young bloody faces. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t you bloody dare cry, not after what you just did. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The army of the Zulu king, Shaka, began a bloody campaign to conquer the land surrounding his kingdom, and this path of terror and destruction caused millions to flee. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I suggest that you spend your waking life in meetings, more...bloody meetings, get blamed for staff shortages, for stock leakages, for disappointing balance sheets. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I remembered staring at the bloody stump, and then at the severed finger, which Luke brought in and placed on the counter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “How can you be so bloody sure?” he asked. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z His weakness she understood, and his terror, and even his bloody end. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z We scrunched up our noses at the smells of bloody fresh meat and musty dried fish, and lowered our heads from the bees that buzzed in thick clouds over the sheds of the honey sellers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Some of her fingernails were broken off and bloodied, as if she’d tried to scratch herself out of a box. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Cease your bloody fire, mates! Can’t you see there’s a hot bird ahead?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The bloodied stub lay on the grass with the barb still attached. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A gas station near the freeway gets looted, and the owner, this Indian man, staggers around bloody, saying he didn’t have anything to do with Khalil’s death. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The king was evil and made a bloody massacre of a thousand lives before he got to Scheherazade. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The situation was threatening to lead to a bloody and unequal civil war when the authorities called upon the workers to gather in Macondo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “The retreat is a bloody shambles. For heaven's sake, man. This is your one last good chance to show what we can do when we're decisive and determined. What's more...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The two healthy monkeys developed red eyes and bloody noses, and they crashed and bled out. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The bloody mucus ran down his chin and dripped on his shoulder. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Bran had not heard so much laughing since the night the bloody raven came. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “No, it has to be something sneakier, and not so bloody.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He saw again: a bloody tangle, men fighting hand to hand. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sunbird’s mud flap, flecked bloody green by the wetlands massacre, was impossible to miss. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z After washing and watching Kevin bloody his face with the straight razor he had borrowed from Weylin, I would go down to help Sarah with breakfast. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Though they smelled like death and were covered in matted, sometimes bloody fur, I fell completely in love with them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Two weeks later, minks stole into the henhouse and slaughtered dozens of chickens, leaving their bloody corpses piled up in the corners. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Most of her body was bloody, latticed in an assortment of nicks and cuts, and the few parts that weren’t cut were bound tight with thick rope. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z "You would call me ugly, youi" He started to raise the bloody sword still clutched in his mailed fist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I remained more than an hour leaning over him, looking at him, etching his bloody, broken face into my mind. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z We set it up in front of the neatly made bed, lid open, with Lucinda’s bloody sheets spilling out the sides. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The bloody spear was still clutched in her big hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her clothes were bloody and torn and her hair disheveled. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The guy cupped his bloody cheek in his hands and screamed in short bursts, a high-pitched squeal and then silence, a high-pitched squeal and then silence. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The cross the preacher had told him about was bloody, not flaming; meek, not militant. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When I saw him for the first time, he looked like a monster with a bloody face, a swollen eye. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Last year I bumped into this guy with a bloody nose and no sneakers.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Her bloodied fingers, picking the blue glass daggers from her white roses. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His nose quivered and his bottom lip was mottled and bloody where he had bitten it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He thought up his own hieroglyph of a bloody sword. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached over and took the whale book from her hands, pretending to study the bloody picture on the jacket. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She saw what she thought was no more than a pile of discarded bedsheets on the floor—but it was her father, in a bloody heap. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s because just about seven weeks later, he found himself in the bloody Battle of Bunker Hill. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “My fingers are bloody burning like a mother. See if it’s working.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z My stylist, Cinna, being dragged, bloody and unconscious, from the Launch Room before the Games. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “A Loyalist, sir, who would beat me bloody if he knew I was here.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z That snake mouth had snapped shut on his nose, driving the fangs in so deep that it was a full minute before he could sling the bloody head loose. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Coups begat coups, he said, telling us about the bloody coups of the sixties, which ended up in civil war just after he left Nigeria to study in England. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Beowulf was bruised and bloody, and his cheeks were thick with slime off the monster's body. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The people who had died in Germany, he knew, had been handling raw, bloody monkey meat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tales of strange sexual appetites, betrayals of the heart, bottomless greed, and bloody power plays. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The bloody brats would follow around a two-headed goat if one turned up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She had just set some knives to work, chopping up steaks for Griphook and Bill, who had preferred his meat bloody ever since he had been attacked by Greyback. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z By day nineteen after the whiffing incident, when they hadn’t had any bloody noses, Peter Jahrling and Tom Geisbert began to regard themselves as definite survivors. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sugar has left a bloody trail through human history. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Oh, for Christ’s ...” Dad sits back and stares at me as Decca takes a big, bloody bite of her burger, the juice dripping down her chin. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the torn sweatshirt and the bloody elbow. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “You are a bloody mess, dude,” he says, throwing in the English accent. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z His coat and shirt were unfastened, his skin bloodied and bruised to a deep purple. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But his eyes were human—pale green like a shallow sea—and a bloody arrow stuck out of his left calf, just above the ankle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Gregor cradled his ruined hand to his chest and stared up at Archer from beneath his bloodied mop of hair. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z One day my older brother Niibin stopped coming home and it was just the two of us—the two of us and the revolving parade of men with dirt-stiff jeans and bloodied knuckles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In that ruddy light, I could not see the full bloody blush of the pustules. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z At the rail next to Coach Hedge, a dark-haired girl appeared wearing a purple cloak, her face so covered with soot and bloody scratches that Hazel almost didn’t recognize her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Each man then wipes his bloody hands on the grass, picks up a handful of dirt, and rubs his palms together to clean off the blood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Whilst I am detailing bloody deeds which took place during my stay on Colonel Lloyd’s plantation, I will briefly narrate another, which occurred about the same time as the murder of Demby by Mr. Gore. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z The sight, bloody and black, made Bigger flinch involuntarily and lift his hands to his eyes and at the same instant he saw blinding flashes of the silver bulbs flicking through the air. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Luke had a bloody slash across his chest and his pale face glistened with sweat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z What used to be his back is a raw, bloody slab of meat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stop seeing that woman’s face, right when she pulled the trigger, or the mass of her bloody hair that had landed near my feet. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His helm and gorget were wrought in the shape of a man's face and shoulders, skinless and bloody, mouth open in a silent howl of anguish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Quickly, he wrapped the head in the newspapers and used the wad to push the bloody trunk of the body deeper into the furnace. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z There, among more grain silos and a just-passed threat of a tornado, she twisted her ankle and tumbled onto the road, bloodying her palms and knees. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Jaqen touched one of the dead guards and showed her his bloody fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was mounted, the bloody carcass of an elk slung across the back of his horse, his sword in a gloved hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A sudden convulsion passed through Enoch’s body and the sheep heart started to beat, spraying out a fine mist of bloody pickling solution. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She squirmed away in honor, kicking at the sheets and falling to the floor, breathing raggedly, naked, bloodied, and afraid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His helmet was gone and there was a bloody bandage covering his right eye. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah—end it by lettin’ the bloody Grievers waltz in here and kill us? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z How she didn’t want to kiss anyone else ever again, how the thought of kissing made her skin itch, made her bite the insides of her cheeks till they were bloody. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “You look like your father’s bloody head just rolled out o’ that paper.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He got the better of her, bloodied her, put her out with the others. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Still they went right on with their roaring bloody battle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Her chin jiggles wildly, her face turning red as a bloody steak. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Nita cried out, but Nailer’s father held his knife to her neck and she held still as Blue Eyes ripped the gold off, leaving bloody streaks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z But Ivy beat him bloody while June watched, terrified. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Poor bloody infantry. If you want to go home to the crumpet, get between us and limp.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "Hodor," he sobbed between cracked Ups as he lifted Bran in huge strong arms and bloody hands and carried him back out into die rain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z First one man, then another, then five more, then a dozen, all groaning and feverish with swollen faces and bloody diarrhea. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Not that he'd flip out and do something crazy, like bite his own tongue off and show me bloody teeth—even though, honestly, I would've rather seen that, than...that look again. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “What the hell’s wrong with you?” he gasped, wiping his bloody nose with the back of his hand. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The bloody revolution of 1917 that had swept through Russia attempted to erase all individual distinctions to prioritize a collective good. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Jack stood up as he said this, the bloodied knife in his hand. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z They were in the shadow of the mountains, but the shadows of late afternoon hardly mattered next to the glare of flame that bloodied the stone. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to return to grammar school violence, the cherished honor of the schoolyard that wasn’t honor at all, the necessity of proving yourself by bloody noses and black eyes and broken teeth. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His bloodied legs dangled uselessly, and his pillion passenger, who had heavily bandaged arms, was working the foot pedals. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The trap was mean looking, crusted with rust and edged with bloodied teeth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z On his shield was the bloody spear his father had chosen as the sigil of their new-made house. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mark punched the rough wood of the shack, bloodying his knuckles. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “I thought I was grounded,” I said nasally, and plucked out my bloodied nose plugs. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Was he in the fox’s lair, conscious for one last moment before a painful, bloody death? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z My palms are completely scratched up and bloody, and my knees are even worse. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z A woman complains her children are freezing with the cold and couldn’t Coffey and Kane bloody well hurry up with their tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Tears come to her eyes, because she is looking at my own eyes, swollen and bloody. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The North has those huge bloody cities and a thousand religions, and the only aristocracy is the aristocracy of wealth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There is not a nation of the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States at this very hour. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I had just stopped the bleeding and hid the wad of bloody tissues behind my bed when Mom came in wearing a crisply ironed summer dress and told me to put on some “respectable” clothes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Gaily stopped, standing just a few feet in front of Thomas and Newt; he pointed at Thomas with a bloody finger. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z At the end of the room was a small dais, and, on it, a cream-colored casket with several displays of flowers arranged about it: scarlets and yellows and whites and deep, bloody purples. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The settlers gave a name to the mutilated and bloody corpses they left in the wake of scalp hunts: redskins. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z All those people I scared when I ran in with the bloody nose—all dead if the Committee got to them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “This is bloody nuts, you know that, right?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I’m bloody well aware of that,” she said, “but by all means, don’t let me interrupt your reading.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He stared at himself and wondered if it really had happened, if he really had seen men die, if the lingering smells from shattered liquor bottles and bloodied human bodies were only in his imagination. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Amari could see only bloody water and foam in the distance. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a bloody mess that turned all of the shark’s white parts pink-orange. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The Bible stories seemed slow and meaningless when compared to the bloody thunder of pulp narrative. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Added to that, I was being awakened by frightening dreams that involved shouts in the dark, men with bloody hands, and women screaming. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Farmer returned to the demonstrations and found more bloodied civilians. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I saw Dr. Fox in his bloody jacket. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z How I scrabbled in the dirt until my fingers were bloody and raw. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had picked up the sliced-off fingers and was holding them like a bouquet of bloody asparagus. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And as Metatron raised the bloody stone high, a golden-furred shape sprang up like a flame leaping to a treetop, and the monkey sank his teeth into the angel’s hand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Her eye makeup ran down over a bloody welt that blazed across her cheek. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I even managed to bloody a few noses myself. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z More than seven decades have passed since the bloodiest war in history ended. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There had been talk of bloody battles and high casualties in crossing the Rhine. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Now that we’re friends, just friends. Are you the friend I call if I find myself in possession of a dead body and a bloody knife in my hand?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The priest finished the station where Veronica wiped the bloodied face of Christ, and he moved to Christ’s second fall. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the men immediately killed a seal that was resting on the rocks, and Greenstreet staggered toward it and thrust his frozen hands into the bloody, steaming carcass. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I’m staring at the scenery outside the window of the pony, brain tangled in bloody memories and a few regrets, when Miss Duncan asks me, “So, Jane, what do you think?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And he said, “It’s a bloody dog, Christopher, a bloody dog.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the road was a flattened, bloody mass of brown prickles and white fur, with small black feet and snout crushed round the edges. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And tossed away the pelts, where overnight the russy, the fierce little rat-snakes, would devour them and the entrails and the bones, and lick clean the bloody snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he swung it abruptly, upside down, so it went into shock and dangled limply a moment before he plopped it onto his bloody counter, grabbed the big knife, and slashed off its head. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There, in a second story window of the school, Tommie’s bloody face was framed by broken glass. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The virus is a catastrophe for a pregnant woman: the child is aborted spontaneously and is usually infected with Ebola virus, born with red eyes and a bloody nose. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He gripped Pima’s face with his bloody fingers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z "The bloody broth isn't bloody ready yet," the cook said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His face is bloody on both sides, his eyes are swelling shut. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He explained to me, in a bloody irritating whisper, that he personally had no objection to smoking, but that, alas, the school’s policy was against smoking in the instructors’ room. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z None of them understood why, or how, but she hadn't aged since that bloody day when the humans had celebrated their victory over the gods by executing the children they'd left behind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When they reached the byanplats it was evening, and the sun was about to set in a splash of bloody sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And he said, “Just go to the bloody toilet.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “She didn’t kill herself, that’s the only bloody thing that matters, isn’t it?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Summer padded across the tower floor to Shaggydog, and began to lick at a mat of bloody fur on the back of his brother's neck. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Some fifteen minutes later, our launch set forth on its final leg, leaving dock and bloody ground behind. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He smiled and stretched out a bloody hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His father is drinking hard and throwing hard punches, so Rowdy and his mother are always walking around with bruised and bloody faces. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The advertisement began with frightening music accompanied by flashing images of protestors, bloodied victims, and violence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Thickets of buckbrush leave a crosshatch of bloody lacerations on my shins. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “At such time as the Court may indicate, I shall offer evidence and put witnesses upon the stand to testify that this defendant is sane and is responsible for these bloody crimes. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He stripped off the bloodied gauntlets, loading a fresh clip into the handgun. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z When I sat up, I saw my legs were bloody. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z One edge of it was bloody, and jagged like the edge of a broken windowpane. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Best kind of war. Always the bloodiest. Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say. “You gave me the backpack in Denver,” I said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z At first, having found his way to Village, he had thought his own brutal beginnings—a fatherless hovel for a home; a grim, defeated mother who beat him and his brother bloody—were unusual. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z But it was really horrible, with bits of bloody meat and bone and feathers all over. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “I might be a bit stiff in the morning,” he insisted, “but I think the bloody thing didn’t do much more than bruise me.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Takes all my strength to reach down and pick up the plastic bag with my bloody fingers and hold it up so I can see it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Pinkie dropped something into the coals and the fire sprang up; it was Harley’s red-and-white Hawaiian print shirt, but in a moment the fire turned the white print bloody red. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Beaten and bloody, almost in a panic, Colonel Smith’s troops struggled through to Lexington. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Suppose, when he turned on the flashlight, he would see her lying there staring at him with those round large black eyes, her bloody mouth open in awe and wonder and pain and accusation? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Newt went after him, right on his heels, and then the rest of the Gladers followed, a tight pack of roaring boys charging ahead to a bloody battle, weapons raised. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “As you all know, the last few days have been bloody crazy, and quite a bit seems centered around our Greenbean, Tommy, seated before us.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He started telling me how he’d acquired a rare tropical disease after getting into a bloody fistfight with some Nigerian drug dealers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The fall was awkward, and he landed on his head, opening a small but surprisingly bloody cut. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Cooler than your bloody nose rag?” she asked, and wrinkled up her face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He found Shin, wild-eyed and wrench in hand, standing over Gong, whose bloody arm had a lump on it the size of an egg. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Back in Ville Rose you cannot even throw out the bloody clumps that shoot out of your body after your child is born. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The convulsions are generalized grand mal seizures—the whole body twitches and shakes, the arms and legs thrash around, and the eyes, sometimes bloody, roll up into the head. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "You're a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Now there’s a bird with sense. How much do you want for him, Snow? I gave you a son, the least you could do is give me the bloody bird.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Want you to know. Just in case. That I have never served . . .’’He paused to breathe, put out the bloody hand, looked into Chamberlain’s eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the ice on my ankle, which was bruised and swollen and a little bloody. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The cats took their prey there, and strewed feathers and lapped water through their bloody teeth. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The car had just passed the zugangi barracks when the hospital door opened and a small thin boy limped down the steps, his right knee bloody and his blue eyes ringed with dirt. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to smile, but it was a gruesome sight with his bloody mouth. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Took your bloody time, didn’t you?” came her voice from below. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The slave catcher did not speak, sneering at Cora with his bloody mouth the while. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Parts of the leg were livid, red and bloody; others were bleached and dead. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Tell me, if you can, a sadder irony than that St. Augustine, Florida—a city named for the black African saint who saved Catholicism from heresy—was recently the scene of bloody race riots. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed solid proof, the sort of bloody evidence that would convince a judge to deal out a death sentence. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He led me to the wagon where Alice lay bloody, filthy, and barely alive. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed my cleats and the rest of my bloody practice clothes, threw my pack over my shoulder, and quietly walked out without turning back once. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The prince also had blood covering his own hands, and he saw a bloodied knife on the grass beside them, resting against the roots of the tree. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “No,” I said to the bloody wreck in the mirror. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Joaquin has photos from that trip still saved on his phone, and he shows them, especially the one where Linda’s screaming bloody murder. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I mean, sharing space with a man who carried my bloody socks around with him was freaky enough, but I could feel something else lurking behind those socks. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He sat looking down at his bloody leg, feeling the gentle wind, the heat from the south, seeing Kilrain dead on a litter, no more the steady presence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Doctor Warren wet a cloth in a basin of water and wiped his bloody mouth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your Grace, I have known the bloody flux to destroy whole armies when left to spread unchecked. The seneschal is right. We cannot have the Astapori in Meereen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The ice would cut into her palms any minute now, and she would die leaving bloody handprints in the snow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In the end the Mountain and a handful of his best had gained the west bank, but Edmure had thrown his reserve at them, and they had shattered and reeled away bloody and beaten. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A second man's sword he deflected with his cloak, and sent the man reeling away, clutching at his bloody face. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She did not see any bloody lesions inside this monkey. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "When I woke up one was kicking me in the face... I got an awful bloody face, I think, Ralph. But I did him in the end." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z A bloody white bone jutted out near his elbow like a broken stick. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “As if we were the bloody ones ...” Aunt Eva leaned over and laid her hand quietly on his. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we left, Cade Hernandez threw what was left of his bloody shirt down in the trash at Aberdeen Lake State Penitentiary. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Longstreet cleared the brain, blew away bloody images, the brilliant fence in the bright gleaming air of the afternoon, tried to catalogue the dead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hand came away bloody, despite the drenching sea and rain. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I cautiously got in, thankful for the brief but intense exertion: I might be wet and a little bloody, but at least I wasn’t shivering. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Beside him, two bloodied men hung from ropes tied to traffic- light posts. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Old Tallow split a poor waboose, rabbit, and opened its skinny body to show that the creature was mush inside, a bloody pudding as the result of disease. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He was the nominal leader of a clan of samurai called the Heike, who were engaged in a long and bloody war with another samurai clan, the Genji. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then your bloody wish is granted,” said a voice from the kitchen door behind him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Order. You say that bloody word over and over in your shuck head. Reason were all sane around here is ’cause we work our butts off and maintain order. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The cooks served up great slabs of fresh horse- meat, charred outside and bloody red within, with roast onions and neeps ... and for once, the common soldiers ate as well as the lords and knights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he looks down at the wet field, he thinks the grass looks like ugly hair sticking up from a bloody head. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I saw them on the side of the streets still in their bloody hospital robes. Some were walking and others were pushed in carts or hospital beds by their relatives.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Harrison stood there, his forehead, his neck, his arms, and his legs beneath his khaki shorts all wrapped in bloody bandages. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She shoved the bloody clothes and wipes into the black garbage bag, tied it shut, and tucked everything into the backpack. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His face was puffed and bloody from the fight, and the wet snow made the blood run in trickles down his face. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a bloody artist, mate. A bloody mess.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He suspended thinking; his mind was a bloody vacancy, like a room in which there has been a butchering. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The day of the gun, and the bloody body, and the courthouse came and commenced to sing a sobbing sigh out of every corner in the room; out of each and every chair and thing. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She flew back at him with both fists flailing and bloodied his mouth with a solid punch before he was able to grab her wrists and hold her still. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He is as bold as he is bloody. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was returning home from playing soccer when a neighbour accosted me by the gate and told me that there had been a bloody fight at my home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The riots continued for two days, leaving a bloody toll. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The day she was taken, Summer and Grey Wind between them had tom three wildlings to bloody pieces. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You can’t storm around here like a banshee. Madam will beat you bloody. Me too.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A nurse is cleaning bloody equipment at the sink. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Then, unfolding the sheets and glancing at the bloody marks, she adds, “This will do.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Still holding the broken tip of the sword in his bloody hand, the mercenary took another step toward Chronicler. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Special who had captured Tally took her to the end farthest from the gate, where a handful of Smokies with bloody noses and black eyes were clustered. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She’ll do everything the people in charge tell her to, even if that means she ends up broken and bloody. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z From the two booths were sold drinks and bloody brown hamburgers and cotton candy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z When men themselves became wicked they took refuge there, outlaws cunning and bloody as the gore-crow, and as persecuted. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And when I mentioned it to my ma, she said, “Ohhh, why don’t you have a bloody cry, Ed.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Then one day Elsbeth came over to play, the mouse appeared by her chair, and she screamed bloody murder. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I take one last look at the battling figures, the bloody ground to harden my resolve, and then slide to the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m the one you call, remember? Dead body, bloody knife.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z And I’d seen eggs laid, bloody puppies wet and shimmery, calves encased in a blue bubble, slippery wet ponies thin and vulnerable, and hundreds of pink piglets suckling engorged teats. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When I touch my face, my hand comes away bloody. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Still, I could see that their faces were swollen and bloody. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He lit out for the house, running naked and screaming bloody murder. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughs and a bloody dribble runs down his chin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Those words were like...they were like seeing a bloody knife. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Pinching the powder between his fingers, he rubbed it into the bloody wounds. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z These bloody things weigh more than I do. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Now everyone keep their bloody mouths shut, I mean it. You know the rules—no idea’s unacceptable—and you’ll all have your say when we vote on it.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Was till I hurt my leg few months back. Hasn’t been the bloody same since.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Hot Pie emerged pale and panting, face and arms bloody with long scratches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If I had my eyes, I could beat him bloody. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But the crucifix over the mantel and the bloody picture of Jesus on the cross are definitely creepy. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z After one particularly violent incident, my seven-year-old dad took the bus to fetch his father at work so that he could hurry home and tend to my grandmother's bloody wounds. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z His head was bowed as in death, his chin resting on his bloody chest. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Each day, each weekend, the newspapers were filled with fresh reports of new and bloody violence in our communities and townships. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was all over, when the bloodied corpses had been unceremoniously tossed into the backs of red pickup trucks—separate ones—a few men with shovels hurriedly filled the holes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Celia was prepared to beat you to a bloody pulp a few minutes ago,” he pointed out. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Latent mutual fear between the economically dominant Chinese and politically dominant Javans erupted in 1966 in a bloody revolution, when Javans slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Chinese. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z "We have now seen him for what he is: that is, a most proud, bloody, luxurious, cruel and self-pleasing tyrant." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She hops out and grimaces when she sees Michael’s bloody gym shirt. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Seeing me looking at her, she holds out a bloody hand to me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She returned the small clay pot, and the wad of bloody seaweed, to the pack, which now dangled, near empty, from her shoulders. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I was playing several small roles, my most dramatic being that of a soldier who dies a bloody death in one of the battle scenes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z But he needed me back home, not standing in the street in the dead of night brandishing a bloody sword like a pirate. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But I had put on my gloves, sweater, and apron and was ready to get all bloody and smelly when I was called to the manager’s office. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Me too!” the woman with the bloodied scalp cried. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Where their eyes had been, only empty sockets remained, black and bloody holes that stared down in silent accusation. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And everything he loved, everything he had shown the visiting elf was turned into a grotesque cartoon, a bloody comedy of violence. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The trunk was packed with parts of human bodies—bloody arms, hands cut off at the wrist, severed heads with staring, sightless eyes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It floated on the water, red, five-fingered, like a bloody hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The trains. I hate them. Absolutely bloody loathe them.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Little rabbit heart leaps out of my chest and scampers across the paper, leaving bloody footprints on my roots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z With a roar of rage, Morfin leapt out of his chair and ran at Ogden, brandishing his bloody knife and firing hexes indiscriminately from his wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z His height, the bloody stripes on his back, would make it easy to identify him. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Shahir, already limping, caught an elbow to the face and came out with a bloody lip. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Her lipstick was a bright and bloody red. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z He shrieked and twitched as Kaz yanked out his eyeball, its base trailing a bloody root. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My eyes got all blurry, and his mouth was all bloody, and I couldn't bring myself to breathe into it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I have waited for this day ever since you first came to Miss Preston's. I hope Sheriff Snyder flays you bloody.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z If anyone had ever raised a hand to Trapis, a hundred howling children would have tom them to bloody scraps in the middle of the street. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I was watching. It was still raw—the stump, I mean. Sort of bloody.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I did that once, went in for a pint and they robbed that little coffin out of the bloody carriage. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z By the end of the violent, bloody film, one man was dead and the other two were emotionally destroyed. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Glittering shards of crystal flew in all directions: Draco doubled over, his hands covering his bloody face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He did the best he could, drying himself on the increasingly bloodied towels, and then dressed in his new clothes, trying not to make them bloody too. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s bloody awful out there, ya know? I don’t miss it.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z So at this point Gilly was not ready to pull her time-honored trick of stopping work just when the teacher had become convinced that she had a bloody genius on her hands. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The prisoners were led inside and shown exhibits celebrating Vietnam’s bloody victory over the French and the ongoing fight against America. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Con slid from his horse, dropped his bloody sword on the ground, and ran to her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He just stared up at her, his bloody nose leaking down the side of his cheek. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As she gazed from all the corpses to the bloody man she raised her head to cry over his triumph, but felt his grip upon her, checking her. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled the fleshy meat hook and wiped it on his already bloody apron. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I balled my bloody hands into stinging fists. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “That bloody hyena,” she went on, and she was sobbing now. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “That’s not bloody half of it,” he said, then pointed down into the Box. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Our battles were real and bloody; we threw rocks, cinders, coal, sticks, pieces of iron, and broken bottles, and while we threw them we longed for even deadlier weapons. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They say she bawled bloody murder and refused to come into the house, so Uncle Herm finally had to drag his whole family away before they even had a chance to take their coats off. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Once his right hand slipped, though, and grazing the soft metal came away bloody, but Carl did not halt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I bloody have. At my cousin's. In Richmond.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Anya’s stomach clenched as Sigurd’s bloody face flashed behind her eyes. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Then he opened his bloody hand, revealing that he held the boy’s little tuning fork. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In his head these men and their bloody wounds mingled into one recurring dream. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then there were bloody towels upon the bathroom floor, and women's voices scolding, and high over the confusion a long broken wail of pain. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z After a moment his voice came thick and low, bubbling out of the bloody spume in his mouth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the assailants, as his victim was marched by in handcuffs, his shirt bloodied, had gleefully taunted him, “I got you! I got you!” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the one ritual they do have to celebrate womanhood is so bloody and painful, I forbid Olivia to even think about it. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached out and pulled the edge of the bloody blanket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Shay glared up at her from the ground, bloody teeth gritted, her eyes falling to Tally’s bound wrists. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z After the night of the feast and in the following bloody days she and Mary ministered to Cora, applying brine and poultices to her ravaged skin and making sure she ate. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Until that instant when I saw my father beaten and bloody, I had somehow felt I was safe. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z There was the speechless astonishment of seeing a hog stabbed through the heart, dipped into boiling water, scraped, split open, gutted, and strung up gaping and bloody. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the lash marks, and again hear the whistling of the whip, see his bloody figure hanging unconscious by his wrists. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Very well. There. I can do without the rest” He straightened himself, holding the bloody sword, and looked at the dead body which had killed its mother. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an improvement, but Gary was still a place of strikes and lockouts and the occasional bloody head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When the tub was partly full, I carried it over to the elephants’ pathway, at the entrance, put it on the ground, and poured in most of a gallon of “bloody Jik”—laundry bleach. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And Father shouted, “What was I playing at? You were the one that bloody left.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His nose was all bloody, his eye turning black. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “I mean, look at it, Joe. It’s an outrage, isn’t it? It’s downright bloody awful.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “The whole bloody thing is crazy. Down below they blow up a little bridge. Here they leave a bridge on the main road. Where is everybody? Don’t they try and stop them at all?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I sit patiently through the rest of the paint job and don my costume, which now includes a bloody bandage over the scar on my arm to indicate I’ve been in recent combat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “The bloody flux has been the bane of every army since the Dawn Age. Let us distribute the food, Your Grace.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even then, with her hands sunk in the dough or her apron bloody from the chicken to be served at lunch, she struck him as a sort of ghost in the reverberation of the day. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then sound trumpets! Let our bloody colors wave!” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Then I notice my bloody hand and suddenly feel nauseated. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I attacked the wall, punching hole after hole into it, and when I’d made enough holes, I tore it down with my bare hands and bloody knuckles. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z We know these wars as the Crusades—bloody, gruesome conflicts, the scars of which are felt in the Middle East to this day. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “I rang the British Council in Enugu and I can’t believe our people there are still going off to play water polo and have cocktails at the Hotel Presidential! There’s a bloody war going on.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He will stand on the battlefield, his sword, Hofud, wet and bloody in his hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “We haven’t got any, and besides—look at the size of this guy. He’s too big, anyway We’ll need a bloody crane.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “You bloody crows are starving us to death.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One day Don Julio, who already looked like a boxer who had taken too many hits, came home bloodied and bruised, his eyes lost behind swollen cheeks and nose. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Deciding it would be better to stand the rest of the way than risk bloodying my nose, I rose to my feet and offered him my seat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She was still sitting in the hut, and the old woman was still sitting a few feet away with her bowl of bloodied bones in her lap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And Father said, “Well, those circuit boards looked like they’d come out of the bloody ark.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The mercenary’s bloody face went white, and he bared his teeth as he stared up at his conqueror. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The old man grunted, shrugged, and went back to his bloody work. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z What was wrong with them, couldn’t they seel Inside the tent the shapes were dancing, circling the brazier and the bloody bath, dark against the sandsilk, and some did not look human. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She would have screamed, she would have screamed bloody murder and never stopped screaming, but the man opened his fist and showed her a handful of white baneberry, white berries with black dots. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z After I buckled my seat belt, I examined my bloody, bruised knuckles. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Instead I allowed myself to sacrifice this boy and his mother, perhaps even myself, and let the old man yell this one bloody murder, if only for Mitt. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees started to spin as I looked at the bloody rabbits. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the press, a boy tried to reach into his purse, but a hard elbow put an end to that and spread the thief’s bloody nose across half his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A soldier with a bloody chest wound reclined in an ancient pram pushed by his mates. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Cramp stood up behind his desk in total slo-mo, with his eyes locked on my feet like he’d never seen a pair of bloody socks before. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He knew it was dysentery, a disease of the intestinal tract that causes bloody diarrhea. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Rusted razor blades and bloody cloths were the most innocent items. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Dozens blanketed his bloody face, neck, chest, and arms. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Apart from the bloody stump, the hand was so completely whitened as to resemble a plaster cast. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Ugwu watched as tired, dusty, bloody people climbed down, but he did not join those who rushed over to help. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z These prints, together with another footmark found on the same cardboard cover—the bold and bloody impression of a Cat’s Paw half sole— were the only “serious clues” the investigators could claim. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z John Coleus certainly caught the virus when he cut himself with a bloody scalpel, no question about that. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Connor let out a dramatic sigh, clearly disappointed we wouldn’t get to battle each other to our bloody virtual deaths. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z To be sure, their victory was nowhere near complete: huge, bloody battles still lay ahead. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “The water’s bloody lovely,” he called, shaking the water from his hair. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z No one doubted that it would be a bloody sort of harmony. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Abe told him everything. Even showed him bloody pictures of us!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Well, actually, I only have one nose that’s been bloodied, but it has happened dozens of times. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His ancestors were Huguenots, refugees of a chained and bloody Europe. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were still a secret: the fruits of slaughter, slipped through bloody fingers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “They got him! Them bloody Gobblers, they oughter catch ’em and bloody kill ’em! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I watch in stunned silence as Hideo bids farewell to his trainer, then heads out of the room’s double doors with his bodyguards flanking him, his hands still wrapped in bloodied bandages. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z One did his bit with Montgomery in Africa and the other is over in Burma or some other bloody place, excuse the language. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Kid’s a bloody psycho! It had to be him!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Turner figured the pain would come along in just a second or two, but before that started, he realized he would have to explain another bloody shirt to his parents. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z On occasion, she had come home from her class with a broken toe, a bloody nose, or a black eye. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had come to love the Wolf’s Den, however, and liked nothing more than to talk about its long and bloody history. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He took one last glance at Guy’s bloody corpse, then raced to his car and sped away. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She was bloody and battered, but she was alive. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A man with a scratched-up face and a swollen lower lip and bloody bald spots across his skull where his hair had been torn out in clumps met them at the door. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “You bloody fools,” he said gruffly, looking from one to the other of them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Fresh embers danced around her face, and she waved a bloodied hand to bat them away. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Here hang bits of uniform, and somewhere else is plastered a bloody mess that was once a human limb. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Forgetting that the car’s occupants were armed, and brandishing his own gun by the barrel, Joe galloped toward the vehicle, planning to beat them all to a bloody pulp with the stock of his weapon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After a quick breakfast I cleaned myself up a bit then hid my bloody white shirt in a bag and walked swiftly toward the back door. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then he halted, staring at my bloody belly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Walter’s going to give you a bloody nose,” a girl said. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Come on, stand up, you bloody civilian! Join them there!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “And let me tell you,” I said, “if I ever hear about you touching her again, the last thing you will have to worry about is a bloody nose.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She’d had too much wine tonight, but too little bread and none of that great bloody roast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then he registered the bloody wrappings on his hands. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "You may be the Lord Commander's pet, but you're not the Lord Commander . . . and you wouldn't talk so bloody bold without that monster of yours always about." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Words are wind. Who is this bloody savior?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Try to hold the rip shut with my bloody fingers. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I said, hanging my head and scratching at the dry patch on my scalp that I had already rubbed bald and a little bloody. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Radio say his family run out the house when they heard the shots. Say he bloody, stumbling round, all the kids with blood all over em...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There they were, curled like a bloody quotation mark on the lead. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they were caught up together in a situation that was so awful, she had to grab her head to erase the bloody images from her mind. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Achilles stripped the bloody armor from the corpse while the Greeks ran up to wonder how tall he was as he lay there and how noble to look upon. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother covered the silence with talk about orchids, and Lucas couldn’t stop talking about his job if someone had threatened to bloody, bloody murder him if he said another word. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The tips of her fingers were bloody, her fingernails shredded. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He is pinning his hopes on me and all I have for him is a lie, a bloody lie. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The way I heard it, by the time Principal Trask waded in, one boy had a bloody nose and Noah had a puffy eye. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I bite my lip as he unknots the bloody strips. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She sucks in this huge breath, and I think she's really going to do it, just scream bloody murder. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "I hope you die of a bloody flux." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Like my bloody knee is the funniest thing she’s ever seen in her entire life. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The very last rays of the setting sun were casting a bloody light over the long-shadowed grounds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Mace murmured, “You bloody well limp till we’re out of sight.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “It would be a bloody business, and for what? These people have done us no harm. We’ll shelter in the houses, but I’ll have no stealing. We have our own provisions.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jack began to clean his bloody hands on the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He stood straight and turned his palms upward—they were bloody from hitting the branches. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The next day it was quiet, and the woman carried a bundle of bloody rags away from the bridge, far away north, toward the hills. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Words won’t fetch him back. Cletus and Will are dead too. So shut your bloody mouth before I stick my fist in it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It is one of three things the defendant hasn’t counted on—the body itself, the bloody fishing gaff, and the mooring line he’d left behind in his haste to leave this scene of murder. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Both ymbrynes had sustained minor injuries: Miss Peregrine’s feathers were everywhere, and Miss Wren had a long, bloody scratch running down one side of her face. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “The generators stop running at ten since petrol’s so bloody expensive to ship out, so either you get to bed early or you learn to love candles and kerosene.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “A horrible and bloody sacrifice,” Marshall and Elizabeth repeated dutifully, but Elizabeth’s voice quavered a little and Marshall leaned over and poked his sister. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But the brutal truth was that he’d become mired more and more deeply in an unending, bloody conflict. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He rode to Armistead, face streaked and gray, screaming something Armistead could not hear, then came up closer and turned, waving the bloody arm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The rent man says, Dear God in heaven, this beats Banagher, this takes the bloody biscuit, this is goin’ beyond the beyonds. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z If he found her missing, he would shout and threaten to whip the bloody hide off her, but she was not afraid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He tells my mother, Lift me up a bit, missus, and pull back that bloody thing off the window so I can see the boy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Here and there a mangy dog licked the bloody feces of a child with dysentery. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Into the glade came a huge white horse, its flanks gashed and bloody. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Wes came to his feet and ran inside, but not before the man had significantly bloodied him up. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I could not have endured the horrid screeching as the stake drove home; the plunging of writhing form, and lips of bloody foam. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “What exactly do you intend to do, then, Henry? Hmm? Marry him? Make him the Duchess of Cambridge? The First Son of the United bloody States, fourth in line to be Queen of England?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Huge, dripping slabs of bloody whale meat meant for dog food hung from the rigging out of reach of the animals. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He stood still, paused to build suspense, and thrust his bloody dagger victoriously into the air. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He spat into the road a bloody phlegm. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The War Eagles have set out on a bloody rampage through the county. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Severed hands clutched bloody cups, wooden spoons, roast fowl, heels of bread. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A procession of suppliants climbed the knoll on bare, bloodied knees to show their devotion or purge their grief or beg forgiveness in the slow tearing of flesh and bone. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A man chewing on a rug in the corner of his living room.Two kids throwing rocks at each other as hard as they could, bloodied and bruised from head to toe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z When the teacher finally walked down the road and discovered his bloodied students sprawled in the road, he became angry. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Chamberlain remembered using the boy to plug a hole in the line, stopping the hole with his own brother’s body like a warm bloody cork, and Chamberlain looked at himself. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, they excreted live worms with their bloody stools. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands were all bloody by then, where the fish had finned him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z When did this house become so bloody small? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias had no knife, only the bloody rock in his hand, and the remaining wolf prowled the arena between him and the pile of weapons. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The floor was bloody, strewn with wisps of hair and clothing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And Mr. Shears said, “What’s he going to do? There’s no school for him to go to. We’ve both got jobs. It’s bloody ridiculous.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Her hunters came with her, of course, and they brought a bloody stag’s head inside with them.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the bloody entrails were globes that quivered as she lifted them out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He wanted to run from the basement and go as far as possible from the sight of this bloody throat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He said, “I look like a boy to you? I’m not here about work. I’m looking for the owner. And if you put another hand on me you’ll be pulling back a bloody stump.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Cut so many holes in the ice it’s a bloody wonder more haven’t fallen through. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I touch my forehead and imagine a spindly cactus pressed there, my face bloody, like Jesus. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z On the outside was a rip; not much, but bloody. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z My parents know what’s going on, so they don’t call the police when they hear their kids screaming bloody murder. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z He would have to learn by marching down history’s bloody road. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her uncertainty was written all over her: in her too-wide eyes and trembling lip and the way she held her bloody arm limp against her middle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A bony boy in a ripped and bloody shirt had hold of the halter of his horse and was insisting that the General move to the rear. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman and child lay bloody on the floor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He took a white handkerchief out of his pocket and touched it to Reuven’s bloody knee thoughtfully. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If she did any such thing, Weese would beat her bloody. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And heard the assault coming, up the rocks, clawing up through the bushes, through the shattered trees, the pocked stone, the ripped and bloody earth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His pants were split at the knees, his kneecaps scraped raw and bloody. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "It was about our faith, ma'am. We're Catholic, thanks mostly to the French part of us. Even one of the most violent, bloody antireligious revolutions in history couldn't keep the French away from the Church." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Where they're guaranteed a bloody fight to the death with nothing to block their view. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “When’s the tap open round here? I’m thirsty as a bloody mermaid!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z On the side of a ground swell lay Jello, his body torn in bloody shreds, his face contorted. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s this bloody thing that does it,” she said, ripping off the scarlet sash of the Junior Anti-Sex League and flinging it onto a bough. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Came screaming to me, all bloody and purple. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Today the brother, Etienne, had a great big ugly lump on his forehead over his left eye—quite fresh, a purple bruise with a bloody dent in the center, still swollen. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The direwolf had a rabbit in his mouth and another dead and bloody on the ground before him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Let go o’ me, you bloody crows,” he roared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But to die a bloody death while the crowds urge on my killer. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Z was leaning over Tad, who was coughing and clutching his bloody stomach. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Odysseus will not be absent from his family long: he is already near, carrying in him a bloody doom for all these men, and sorrow for many more on our high seamark, Ithaka. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, keep bloody thinking—don’t lose it. Concentrate.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Next thing he knew he was wailing on the guy’s bloody face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The talons had tom a bloody path through fur and flesh, but the bird had not been able to snap his neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A young man staggers out from the station, one hand pressed against a bloody cloth at his cheek, the other dragging a gun. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We had a one-day flux, which we feared was a bloody flux. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Meanwhile I crouched with my drawn sword to keep the surging phantoms from the bloody pit till I should know the presence of Teiresias. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Governor Nelson D. Rockefeller refused to negotiate directly with the inmates, and on September 13, worried that the inmates were harming their hostages, the state police launched a bloody battle to retake the prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After about two seconds of this, the dickweed cameraman zoomed in on the bloody sidewalk while the reporter blabbed offscreen, building up the suspense as to why this wasn’t just another “tragic traffic accident.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Camilla flinched, her eyes wide; Henry held up the curved piece of glass in one bloody hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The gates were opened, and a ragged bunch of prisoners were marched back inside, all beaten and bloodied. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z And the night the bloody raven had brought word of their father's death, the wolves had known that too. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It’s from the local stockyards, and is repulsive—smelly, bloody, and charred. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I can’t get that Mexican guy’s bloody face out of my head. His nose was pointing all to the side.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z A bloodied corpse, a man in blue jeans, lay on the roadside. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Kevin lifted one arm and turned it to show me a set of long bloody scratches. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z As my nose was still swollen and bloody I was excused Vespers. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mars’s symbol was a bloody spear for good reason. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "No. These are northmen, I tell you. With a bloody man on their banner." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When he returned, climbing back in, it almost killed him, for he was maimed by then, bloody and in terrible pain. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “All that walking, and we hardly got anywhere. Maybe it’s magic. It doesn’t make any bloody sense anyway.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They had bloody noses, and their eyes were half-open, glassy, and brilliant red, with dilated pupils. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The summer of 1918 is the most bloody and the most terrible. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our mum, she thrashed Matt so hard he was horrid bloody, and so him and Branchie, they goed on a journey and they not be coming back, not to the Fen,” the tyke announced. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Until then, I’d be grateful if you didn't give me the third bloody degree on how I choose to juggle your bills. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He lifted the bloodied mass of gray by one wing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Rochester put the now bloody sponge into my hand, and I proceeded to use it as he had done. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z His face was bloody, and his eyes dark with death. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, bloody hell, he had time to think, that had to be the mast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’m banged up and bloody and someone seems to be hammering on my left temple from inside my skull. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Percy yelled as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I thought he was a creature covered in matted fur, his face grotesque and contorted, with giant fangs and bloody eyes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But only in the way the stupid, bloody slaughter of a bull in a bullfight can be called beautiful. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I am mourning my wife not celebrating the bloody citrus. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Purplish bruises covered the kid, red hives, bloody scratches. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Though the queen had let the Astapori starve outside her walls to keep the bloody flux from spreading, it was spreading nonetheless. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "If Lord Tywin wants my help, he can bloody well ask for it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z With that one bloody exception, we have been living with it successfully for over two hundred years. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She’s just dropping her kid into some building full of strangers, hoping he doesn’t come back bloody. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I looked like a bloody turkey with its head cut off as I circled the bases. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There were no bloody bandages, no limbs wrapped in casts, no bowls brimming with reddish liquid. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Who more gladly than we throughout the Four Nations received the ‘bloody sword,’ or at its warlike call flocked quicker to the standard of the King? Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I liked the stained glass in the sanctuary, even though crucified Jesus was really bloody, too bloody for stained glass, I thought, all those red and magenta pieces filtering sunlight. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Small towns being what they are, he would most likely remain “boy” until his beard filled out or he bloodied someone’s nose over the matter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Much more of this vending and his feet would be bloody stumps. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And when I finally leave my bedroom to join my teammates in our training for the day, it’s the memory of his dark eyes that lingers, the mystery behind his bloodied knuckles and furious gaze. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "I shall—but I must warn you: This tale is darker and bloodier than the last. I wouldn't want to upset any of the present company." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The bruised flesh was inches in diameter over his right ribs, with a swollen and bloody scar where the spear had hit him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “No. We didn’t only talk about that. But...I dunno...it gave me a weird feeling. And his dæmon chewing at her bloody leg...Except he was nice. He bought me some fish and chips.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Ha!” says the taller one with a bloody nose. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The front row of Union soldiers falls in bloody chaos. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z A couple of feet across from the women, behind yellow, featherless chickens hanging from hooks, men in bloody aprons raise their cleavers and cut into slabs of beef with the precision of many years’ practice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus, it was hard to fall asleep with my nose stuffed with massive wads of bloody tissue while breathing through my dry mouth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then, two weeks after the incident with the bloody glove, something frightening happened in the Ebola rooms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor crept slowly to the bloody scene, observed it all, but made no comment. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Rolled side to side, shrieking, his hand still cupped over the bloody socket. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He stared intently at the bloody man standing on the other side of the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I would be sitting in class and a bloody image from the massacre would come, assaulting my mind. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Stood incredibly still in the open field with the artillery coming down like hail, great bloody hail. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Let's make an end to this bloody business." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All of them put on clothing from Alfhercht’s tree so they weren’t traveling in torn or bloody clothes. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z His wife found him the next morning collapsed into a bloody heap of towels. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It leaped with the shot and then landed, bloodier than before, on the forest floor. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Several doctors hovered over the bloody secretary of state, working to save his life. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There were bloody paper towels in the bathroom. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The sights and sounds and smells churned around her, blurring into one bloody streak of memory. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z My left knee is a bloody mess: one large rock jutting out of the center, with small gravel particles surrounding it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I’m completely bloody sick of this,” he growls. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Next to me, Hassan held the spool, his hands already bloodied by the string. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Pah! You are too soft. He needs only two things: a wife to rein him in and his own bloody kingdom to rule,” the king growled in reply. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z ‘It does in this house, Ted. Down a bloody black hole.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Supervised training, with people who’d gotten their hands bloody more than once. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They would hiss and spit at each bloody morsel of horsemeat, steam rising from their nostrils, yet they would not take the food . . . until Dany recalled something Viserys had told her when they were children. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In one dream, I visited the remains of the refugee camp at Gatumba with Mom, and I sobbed at seeing the bloody scene. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Those Syrians and Lebanese already own half of Lagos, and they are all bloody opportunists in this country.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Three-quarters of the way to Camp One, Hall remarked at a rest stop that the Icefall was in better shape than he’d ever seen it: “The route’s a bloody freeway this season.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Milkman bloodied the cap, returned it, and Guitar slapped it back on his head. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped him back and watched the old hogs sniff his bloody wounds. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked around; sure enough, there sat Neville with a bloody lip and several nasty scratches along the side of his face, but clutching an unpleasantly pulsating green object about the size of a grapefruit. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z ‘You know who it is that used to write those bloody warnings in red chalk on the fences and walls around the mills?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Here’s a souvenir for you,” Angelo said, pulling the bloody, mangled chunk of metal from the bone like a tooth and handing it to me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z As I laid back down on my stomach, my bloody back still screaming in agony, I remembered my dream. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z With one nurse pushing her down by the shoulders and my arms wrapped around her leg, the nurse unravels layers of bloody bandages as the grandmother squirms and shakes to be free of us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On my first night of camping, I woke up in a bloody sleeping bag. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I folded my arms, ineffectually trying to cover my bare, bloody chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There was a rage in his brain, a bloody cloudy area like mud stirred in a pool. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, you can bloody well forget about the bicycle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The girl pressed her bloody fingers to her temples, rubbed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She was not intending to remove the gauze, but as she loosened it, the heavy sterile towel beneath it slid away, taking a part of the bloodied dressing with it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His leg was still wrapped in the bloody bandage, his lips were dry and cracked. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z We made them a bloody bridge, he thought in dismay. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He pulled up Garfield's bloody clothing and scanned his back. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Mr. White dropped the bloody handkerchief on the floor, slid the knife back into its sheath, and stood up to face us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Well, that was over and we got slowly up off the bloody ground and started westward. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As he wiped the bloody spittle from his mouth, the god gazed at me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z In the first days of September, some unknown person who probably lived somewhere to the south of the Ebola River perhaps touched something bloody. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought it was going to be Sloth. Got to swear in someone new to replace her. Get bloody with someone.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Her soul,” he said, and his voice had never been rougher—so raw it was practically bloody. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “You crazy little rat,” said Favell slowly, “you bloody crazy little rat.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We used the proceeds to pay admission to the King’s cinema, on First Avenue, where our appetite for bloody murder movies would be satisfied by a Western or gladiator or secret agent movie. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Have I got the right shoes on, you wonder frantically, and bloody hell, where did I leave my two million francs? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z So Americans were glad to have the Soviets do the bloody work of fighting Hitler. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The light grows brighter still to reveal his face, the gaping eye sockets, the beard torn out in bloody patches. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Much of her hair had been ripped out, and her bloody scalp shown through where it was missing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But when he doesn’t get his way, he screams bloody murder! Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Doha, your noona carried you all the way home on her back, both of you looking like bloody messes. Your halmoni almost fainted when she saw your back.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The conquests of England, every single one of them bloody, are part of what Americans have in mind when they speak of England’s glory. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z He lifted the canopy and saw her face blurred with sleep and still bloody from the night. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z We’re ashamed of the way we look and if boys from the rich schools pass remarks we’ll get into a fight and wind up with bloody noses or torn clothes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Crimson sill-lanterns sit in each window and cast their bloody light over the courtyard. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z While the gods fought each other to a bloody standstill, an army of monsters would rise in the north. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Lord Balon had let no word of the hosting escape the Iron Islands, and Theon's bloody work along the Stony Shore would be put down to sea raiders out for plunder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I’ll get down on my knees and kiss your bloody feet if you can figure it out,” Newt said. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The quick stream of pure white bolted forward and hit the closest man, who’d just been pulling his arm back, a bloodied hammer gripped in his hand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Eventually, in 1960, the Congolese won a bloody battle for independence from Belgium. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Holly fumbled the acorn from her boot, clasping it tightly in bloody fingers. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z We don’t give out the bloody morning papers at night, do we? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t touch me with your bloody hand,” she cried. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I’d rather be dead than see you changed into a bloody tyrant.’ One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He could see troops running; he could see the blue flood, the bloody tide. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Other times it would be more like a twelve-round prizefight, with spectators cheering on the bloody, sweating opponents. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z This is how Lally and me first come to meet Titid, with bloody noses and swollen eyes like now. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can be bloody glad you sang today,” he said. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, yes, that’s fine and good, but it’s not yours to bloody give.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Koffi stared at her hands, still loosely wrapped in the bloodied strips of cloth Mama had torn from her own tunic to help her climb the vines. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Joel puts his arms around me, tight, like he is fighting a bloody, bloody murderer. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Edwin glanced down at the bloody red gashes surrounded by puffy ashen skin and whistled low. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z At the sight of Peeta’s bloody wrists, I dig in my pocket for the handcuff key, but he jerks away from me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z As the blood poured into his third space, his eyes remained open and dilated, staring, bloody, deep, dark, and bottomless. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And he looked at the white man’s bloody shirt and thought, he told Elizabeth, at the bottom of his heart: “I wish to God they’d killed you.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He lay across the wire, torn and bloody, with closed eyes. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His T-shirt showed several rows of small bloody holes where Shelly’s rake had dug in, but he seemed to be feeling no pain. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z On her back I see abrasions and bloody welts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His nose was skinned and there was dust on the bloody patch and dust in his hair. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z "But I thought you was one. You —" "No," I said, looking at my bloody hands, "no, not me. You hold it tight until the doctor comes. I couldn't cure a headache." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Without thinking, I pulled my bloody hand out of my pocket and clenched it in my pleading. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s like you’ve cast this spell on him. Around you...I don’t know...he’s okay again. The guy’s been bloody ferocious for a very long time.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He never forgot the grandiose, terrible sight of that tiny child entering the world, coated with all her bloody membranes, between the shrieks of her mother and the cries of the women bustling around her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I came home bloody, I never told my mother who attacked me, and my father never knew of it at all. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Next a bull was set against a bear in a bloody battle that left both animals tom and dying. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Come on, let’s get us some grub from Frypan. And hope we don’t bloody choke.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Tyrion unbuckled his helm, twisted it off, and spat a gobbet of bloody pink phlegm over the side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Once again he saw the face of the light- haired, bloodied soldier as life left his eyes. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z It was amazing how he could make even bloody and vicious goblin riots sound as boring as Percy’s cauldron-bottom report. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Oh Christ! I can’t believe I just said bloody hell in church. And Christ, I just said Christ! Jesus!” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z "And don't be getting lost again, or I swear I'll beat you bloody." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He says he’s not a proper Catholic which means he’s doomed so he can do anything he bloody well likes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He removed his bloodied hand from his face. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam tells Bridey she can’t wait to get out of this bloody lane to a place with a decent lavatory that we don’t have to share with half the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His face so mangled and bloody I can barely make out features. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z "Take your bloody broth, then, but if the goat asks why it tastes so thin, you tell him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I slung Andrius’s bloody arm over my shoulder and grabbed him by the waist. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z "No," her son answered, peeling off his bloody glove. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Maybe the giant wheels were grinding his bones into a bloody mush. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At forty years old, Roosevelt led them through a hailstorm of bullets as they charged up San Juan Hill, in Cuba, and into a bloody battle. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z But the knight only grimaced, then turned to watch the bloody show. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and squeeze tight my grip on the memory of my Baba Haji, smiling, reaching to squeeze my face in his bloody hands. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He shot forward, burst the thicket, was in the open, screaming, snarling, bloody. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z They were moving into the front of the line, the bloody wheat field. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m used to bloody noses,” I say quietly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The yolk quivered, gently, in its bloody bath of ketchup and Worcestershire. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “At this rate," he concluded, “you'll not only be the most despotic and bloody dictator in our history, but you'll shoot my dear friend Úrsula in an attempt to pacify your conscience." One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Tell that bloody fellow with the barrel-organ to clear out,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z From the first moment Europeans stepped onto what came to be known as North America, they left bloody footprints wherever they went seeking land and resources. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Seeing as how I no longer ate anything, there were no rotting food scraps to worry about, just cigarette butts, aspirin tins, wads of undernourished hair, and bloody Kleenex. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z From the opposite side of the pavilion, Clarisse and her buddies ran in with another banner, of identical size, but gaudy red, painted with a bloody spear and a boar’s head. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I struck some fake karate pose because I figured Roger’s gang was going to attack me for bloodying their leader. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “That was a bloody stupid thing to do.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She wondered if they hovered over the coffle of slaves being driven down one of the old overland routes to Natchez or New Orleans, whispering taunts, crying revenge, bloody revenge, revolt, bloody revolt. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Given over to the knife and where the tail should be .. . nothing but a bloody stub. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir. This is nothing,” Papi says and he points to his bloody head. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Somehow he’d left that boy behind, maybe in that bloody forest in Brooklyn. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Reek was there too, he remembered, but he was a different Reek, a Reek with bloody hands and lies dripping from his lips, sweet as honey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The crews of the galleys denied it; the deaths were from a bloody flux. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He tried to be glad because of the colt, but the bloody face, and the haunted, tired eyes of Billy Buck hung in the air ahead of him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning’s early light his huge body was filthier, more bloody than I had realized. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Kaisa cut off another small piece of the liver and held it up in a bloody hand for the prince, who dismounted from his horse and knelt down on the ground before the huntress. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “What in seven bloody hells is Stannis doing at the Wall?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But I was just thinking about me and about how ridiculous it was that everyone except me was getting so freaked out over a stupid bloody nose. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z His face is swollen with bruises, there's a bloody bandage on one arm, and from the sound of his gait he's limping somewhat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I’d gotten more bloody noses playing rugby than I could count. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. We heard you, and we’ll all consider your bloody recommendation. Are you done?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z At the last second, Matthias dropped into a crouch, knocking the first wolf into the dirt, then rolling right to pick up the bloodied knife the previous combatant had left in the sand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He wiped his spectacles upon the seat of his trousers, the only accessible piece of doth about him, while the belling and bloody cry arose all round. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her skin was bloody and her clothes were torn and sopping, but she was alive. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I heard a roar, which I suppose was me, and then Nataniel was here with us, bloodying a clean white shirt of Anatole’s and an old, soft pagne printed with yellow birds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And I see the bloody snag When she bit me in the bag. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “And how do you know so bloody much about us?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Ripped shirts, scrapes, bruises, and bloody noses abounded. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z My head’s reeling from the ghastly events of the last five minutes—Boggs mutilated, dying, dead, Peeta’s homicidal rage, Mitchell bloody and netted and swallowed by that foul black wave. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The heart tree stood before him, a pale giant with a carved face and leaves like bloody hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he had drunk enough, he stood up, bloody intestines draped around his neck like a scarf, and went to find Draupadi and bathe her hair in fresh blood. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “The pale mare was bloody from his spur.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I feed my rage with bloody images of Pol Pot’s slain body being dragged in the dirt. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus my fingers are all bloody from scraping the bumpy bark and they hurt. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I bet if you were watching it, you sure would have seen that architecture is a blood sport, and Macbeth couldn’t have played it any bloodier than my father. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Oh hell, hell, bloody hell!” swore Elinor, undoing her seat belt. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It was a bloody, brain-splattered mess of a killing, a spectacle that sickened and frightened Shin. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I was ten feet away from the Chimera’s bloody maw, and I knew that as soon as I moved, the creature would lunge. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z As Shin watched, Gong punched her in the face and bloodied her nose. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z "Too bloody hot," I tell Sunny, who ignores me and opens Little Women. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Prentiss Jr. looks at him, then looks at us, still holding his bloody mouth. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z When she saw it, bulbous and bloody, she bent down. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Well, thanks for picking up the bloody phone, Ed,” he tells me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Turns out I’d had a bloody nose. It was smeared over both of our faces.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Once in Zaire, he had stuck himself with a bloody needle while taking blood from a mouse. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Speak of the devil. She never bloody stops.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z On another occasion they were taken to examine the bloodied bedroom curtains hanging in the palace of the former dictator. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He pulled free for an instant, his mouth full of leather and cloth and bloody flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “This will be the bloodiest fight in Marine Corps history,” he said. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie let me go, and I looked at my bloody, dusty knuckles. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A bloody bandage was tied above his right knee, and it looked painful to step with his right foot. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the kids are even holding pictures of bloody fetuses. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I have the whole bloody thing in my head but I still want you to read to me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There were swarms of stammer-words in there, and Hangman’s bloody merciless this January. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Half the right jawbone visible, above the bloody leer: face of one of the Second Maine prisoners who had volunteered just a few moments past—the fat one. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a hand—a bloody hand—hanging over the edge of the crater. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Something in the tone of his voice seemed to add “that bloody fool.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As I draw them away from behind his head, they are bloody. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They were evicted by the outraged hosts but only after a long, happy, and bloody battle that took out the front door and broke two windows. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Kat. She took the pillow and banged me on the shoulder with it. ‘That’s to stop you looking like a bloody duck that’s forgotten how to quack,’ she said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Wolves, she thought, they howl like bloody wolves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Some were missing limbs, and one had his face completely wrapped in bloody bandages. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Gideon spoke calmly to the man, as if nothing were unusual at all; at the same time he folded Sergio’s brand-new, perfectly white tee into a square and pressed it to the guy’s bloody head. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z We watched Hotel Rwanda, the movie about the bloody genocide in Rwanda that left as many as a million people dead. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But there in that bathroom, bloody and bruised, it didn’t just seem crazy. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Here lay a dead Karg with yellow hair long, loose, and bloody; there lay the village tanner, killed in battle like a king. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She flinched as he applied the bloody tattoo between her eyes, a third-eye mark of shared destiny. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The 1968 Democratic National Convention turned bloody as police went after Vietnam War protesters with batons and tear gas in Grant Park, about nine miles north of where we lived. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Recognizing Eva at once he shouted to a nurse, who came to see if the bloody one-legged black woman was alive or dead. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a bloody mess,” I say out loud with his bubbling accent, feeling giddy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The first thing Toby saw was Jesus, bloody palms outstretched as if he was welcoming him into the new day. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Then what the bloody shuck did she mean by sayin’ she triggered something?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “He stinks a real bloody treat, mate. Don’t you wash him?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Then he turned and said over his shoulder, “Get out and follow me. Bring the child, and bring your bloody rucksack.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Jacob was running after her, his arms full of books, and William was behind them both, one huge fist raised in warning, while his bloody arm was cradled across his stomach. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She would sit in the kitchen, cold with rage and staring at the turkey, which, since Frank always bought them unplucked and with the head on, would cost her hours of exasperating, bloody labor. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Oh, good grief,” she suddenly groaned, and flung her bloodied arms down to her side. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I was kind of stunned by imagining all the bloody carnage and I slumped back onto my bed pillow when I noticed a bubbling river of blood running out my nose and across my lips. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The waitress arrived with a martini and a bloody mary. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “What sort of bloody?” he demanded in a whisper. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a woman with an entire arm gone, the joint a bloody mess. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Brutus lay in the rubble gingerly licking his bloody paw. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The masklike face, the red eyes, and the bloody nose were classic signs of Ebola that appear in all primates infected with the virus, both monkeys and humans. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My trousers are bloody and my arm, too. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z His room was a duplicate of Wednesday’s room, down to the print of a bloody sunset on the wall above the bed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z For a few wild minutes, she flailed at the door, pounding it with her fists, scratching at it until her fingernails were bloody. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z These are nice old expressions that could be with us for a long time if they’re treated gently, but only time will tell. scream bloody murder. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They talked a bit more, the cap’n counted out some more bills, then the bloody colored man counted ’em and said, “Reach me the paper back.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He held his hands to the gaping, bloody wound at his chest. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with a bloody nose, Guzzo could drop me in a heartbeat. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Dr. Cajazeira carefully cleaned and dressed Roosevelt’s bloody wound before the expedition got back in the canoes and headed down the river. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z When the nation came together again after the bitter and bloody four-year Civil War, slaves had become free. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I answered: “Do not press me too hard all at once. I am willing to accept. How will you do this bloody work?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “The bloody flux is everywhere. A hundred die each night.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then he pulled the bloody paper towel away from his face and wadded it into a hard ball. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When she opened her mouth, she spat out several teeth, which fell to the floor, and a thread of bloody saliva trickled down her chin and neck. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Several tsotsis, armed with machetes, hacked the dying dogs into bloody pulps. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Jon had not forgotten the heads the Weeping Man had left him, with bloody holes where their eyes had been. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Another bloody bath?” said their seijeant when he saw die pails of steaming water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Uncomfortably, I thought of the Bacchae: hooves and bloody ribs, scraps dangling from the fir trees. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His face was bloody where they’d beaten him, and he hung limp, not even trying to stand. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “I do not like your tone, ser. No, not one bloody bit.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “With those soft, flabby mouths of theirs they’ll crush your body to a bloody pulp. On land they can outrun you.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He glanced to the left and right to see if anyone was watching, then opened the furnace door and peered in, his eyes filled with the vision of Mary and her bloody throat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus only shook his head, containing thoughts of bloody work, as he walked on, then sat, and dropped his loaded bag again upon the door sill. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I had not bloodied my hands with his life’s blood. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The nurse whispered to the doctor, and the doctor nodded and began unpacking the bloody toweling. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z After they had gone, I sat on the edge of a packing box and stared at the bloody floor until the cigarette went out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared numbly at my hands, bloody where slivers of wood had pierced the skin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He grinned, his teeth pink and bloody, and then laughed as Anya’s friends screamed for help from the fiery tree behind her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It was split open and bloody on one side of its head, at the level of the gills. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I follow his eyes to the big white guy now laying on the ground crooked and bloody and motionless. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He spits a glob of bloody saliva into the orange dirt, making me queasy. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At roll call, we’d watch as big bloody steaks were fed to the bears. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The villagers were kneeling: men, women, and chil-dren, alike tattered and bloody, their faces drawn by fear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If I’d taken my glove off and popped one of the guys from Buffalo in the face, torn his mask off and given him a bloody nose, I’d have been a hero that day. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My bloody hands shake with the effort, but I cannot stop my angry words from spilling out. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Her hands throbbed, and her knee was all bloody too. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z History lives, it dies, and it comes alive again as the soaking-wet, mangled, and bloodied corpse of a Mexican ranch hand. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Elsewhere on the continent, bloody wars, the threat of torture and the dampdown of liberties that accompanied the Counter-Reformation were making the choices composers made a matter of life and death. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Before Ryan and Roamer can beat me to a six-foot-three-inch bloody pulp, I sprint away, putting as much distance between them and me as I can. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Since the shooting, he'd been wearing the same clothing, bloody and dirty from lying on the station floor. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I actually believe you. You just don’t have an ounce of lying in those eyes of yours. And I can’t bloody believe I’m about to say this.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Suddenly the moon slipped through a cloud and dived into the bloody stream, filling it with a sheet of stars. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She saw a pallet of horse blankets and two buckets placed against the wall, one with a bloody cloth peeking over the rim. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He landed a head-ringing blow to my eye, but I had him bloody and screaming by then. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Bod could hear the two policemen talking heatedly—“Your bloody niece!” was used, and so was “If you'd kept your eyes on the road!” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The path toward Pol was clear at last, and Kaede saw that the guard’s neck was bent at an unnatural angle, and his left thigh had been torn into a mass of bloody flesh. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It makes no sense—how instantly bloodied he is—until we see the barbs sticking from the wire that encases him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the dying light I saw blood spurt from the dark pit and bloody pulp that had once been an eye. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z To force the throat could be a bloody business, since the ridge exposed the attackers to the spears, stones, and arrows of defenders in the two round towers that flanked the castle’s main gates. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The cute chipmunk on the front cover gives way to a mass of fur and bloody entrails inside, making you think twice about investing in that fur coat. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z His face was all bloodied, but his eyes could see clear what was going to happen. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t begin to guess what rumors would start if someone saw me running across the rooftops late at night, bloody and naked to the waist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She hands the heavy mug to me, her lipstick a bloody crescent on the rim. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z She says, ’Tis his own bloody fault for not goin’ into hospital, so ’tis. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Eyes watering, they saw, flat on the floor in front of them, a troll even larger than the one they had tackled, out cold with a bloody lump on its head. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Our grandmother is the Countess of Cornwall,” agreed Gawaine, “and the bloody King of England fell in love with her.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do they bother putting the bloody signs up if black and white people end up mingling once inside?” one boy snapped. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the second week, when four casualties came in, Mary Anne wasn’t afraid to get her hands bloody. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, look what the bloody cat dragged in,” she says wryly when I walk through the door. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “If it comes, that attack will be no more than a diversion. I saw towers by the sea, submerged beneath a black and bloody tide. That is where the heaviest blow will fall.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were two small pens there, and both of them had big bloody pieces of burlap inside. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Before the first week was out, all the hens had bloody heads and bare, pimply backs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When the police brought me home, grimly pale and bloody, and told her what happened, she fetched a bottle of Jack Daniel’s from her room and poured us each a large measure. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Jon shifted the bucket to his right hand and thrust his left down into the bloody bits. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her arm lashed around, and the bloody needle came out of her arm and jabbed into his thumb. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I place a hand to my left ear, the one that was turned toward the blast, and it comes away bloody. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The government denied the charge in a special proclamation and promised a complete investigation of the bloody episode. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He opened his palm to show me the bloody, squashed mosquito. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re not the bloody saint in the room,” Newt said. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The charred and bloodied bodies of relatives remained where they had fallen, with no one to perform proper rites for burials, no one to say the prayers for the dead. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to drown him in the bloody sea!” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He howled and rolled to the side, grasping at the bloody wound. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She folded up her bloody clothes on the wooden chair and let Ben back in. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Frantic, they fluttered at her dead face and plucked wildly at her bloody hair—as though they could lift her up and carry her back home. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I put my hand to my mouth and felt my bloodied lip, split right down the center. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He started with Chester, to follow the order in which the transgressions had occurred, and called for their bloody backs to be scrubbed out with pepper water afterward. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I was in the yard and Dinky came running out of the house screaming bloody murder. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And yet always present, too, was the horrible bloody feast. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’re gonna blabber your shuck mouth every time I say something, you can go ahead and bloody leave, because I’m not in a very cheerful mood.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They opened the pit, but the meat was still raw and bloody. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Celia sat among the cheerleaders, like a hyena in front of a bloody haunch of meat. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The boy placed his mouth against Gram’s bloody leg. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He had no way of knowing about the bloody secret that Kopenick and its placid waters concealed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A woman smiled at Meggie, then stood looking at the bloody display in a butcher’s window. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It was only the presence of his aunt that shocked him, for she had never entered this church before: she seemed to have been summoned to witness a bloody act. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Rishi wasn’t even sure an ice pack was how you treated a bloody nose, but he was enjoying the attention too much to tell her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It took a minute to get the image of the Quit Man lying bloody on the pavement out of my head. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z When she saw Remedios the Beauty dressed as a queen at the bloody carnival she thought that she was an extraordinary creature. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z In that way, the kid in the bloody T was a lot like the guy he was following across the well-tended lawn of the Kites’ next-door neighbors. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Somewhere between his bursting into my chemistry class and punching his knuckles bloody on his steering wheel, I fell in love with Diego Vega. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “It’s always one bloody war after another, and one knows the news is all lies anyway.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z While half the group took off after RiRi and the hulk, the twins had gathered up Chi-Boy, pulling him away from Travis, who was crumpled on the ground with a bloody mouth. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Not to go asking anyone about who killed that bloody dog 4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Time after time, they got, as Moch called it, “all bloody nosed.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He had seen them huddled on porch steps, eyes blackened, teeth wadded up in bloody tissues. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The monkeys had been shipped by boat to Ferlite Farms, where they were jammed together in large cages known as gang cages, in which the male monkeys often fought and bloodied and killed one another. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy’s whole body trembled, his face pasty white, making his wet, red eyes stand out like bloody splotches on paper. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Once, he came home with deep bruises about his face, his nose and mouth bloody, his rough workshirt torn at the shoulder. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The bloody, stricken faces of those women will not leave my mind. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “I had help on that too,” Harry snapped, trying to mop up his bloody leg with his robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Once again the succession was contested and bloody. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There never was a week when he did not draw a dozen bloody watches. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She thought guiltily of Mariam, beaten and bloodied, locked in this heat in the toolshed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z |
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