How to Use bad blood in a Sentence

bad blood

noun
  • There's been a lot of bad blood between them since their quarrel.
  • But there’s no bad blood there.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
  • There’s no bad blood between us.
    — Giana Levy, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • There isn’t any bad blood that’s been sparked from the back-and-forth.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a lot of bad blood under that very big bridge.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a lot of bad blood under that very big bridge.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • There’s no bad blood between us, which is like the best thing.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 12 June 2022
  • So there has been bad blood between the two of these in the past.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
  • There is, as Alcaraz says, no bad blood.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
  • There was no bad blood between the teams, as was the case in years past.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • The two title fights in the desert were tainted with bad blood.
    — John Marshall, ajc, 13 June 2021
  • There’s already bad blood between the two sides.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • But fans of the show can rest assured that there's no lasting bad blood.
    — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Could this bad blood spill over to the rest of this series between the teams?
    — Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 21 June 2025
  • No amount of bad blood could stop them from seeing this love story play out.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
  • There’s a lot of bad blood but at the same time tons of respect for the other team.
    — Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
  • There's more bad blood within the White House, though.
    — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • There’s more bad blood within the White House, though.
    — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Green faces off against Mitchell this week, but there isn’t bad blood between the two.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Alexander and Richard say there is no bad blood between them.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Garcia was then asked if there was bad blood between him and Chisholm.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2025
  • The woman said there was bad blood between the suspect and her boyfriend.
    — cleveland, 21 Dec. 2021
  • There’s no bad blood with the Faithfuls who banished her, though.
    — Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
  • In the end, all of the talk of bad blood and rumors led towards this one moment.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Did that last-minute switcheroo kick off a history of bad blood between the two of you?
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2025
  • There is bad blood between these two teams, and the Steelers will play hard in this one.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2020
  • There is no bad blood between Coach Fisher and the rest of us.
    — Safid Deen, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Maksim Chmerkovskiy doesn’t want any bad blood with Jan Ravnik.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Kawhi Leonard shouldn't be back from his knee injury, but there is bad blood between the teams.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Sources said there seemed to be no bad blood between Jordyn and Kylie.
    — Teen Vogue, 11 June 2019

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