How to Use bloodthirsty in a Sentence

bloodthirsty

adjective
  • His tirades against Ukraine stood out for their bloodthirsty rhetoric.
    — Simon Shuster, Time, 17 July 2025
  • There are no sharks in our tank, just millions of tiny, bloodthirsty leeches.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2017
  • Brownies or domovoi might trash your house, but kobolds are far more bloodthirsty.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But a bloodthirsty mob dragged Johnson from his jail cell and hanged him from the bridge.
    — Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2021
  • These bloodthirsty, masochistic souls thrive on the chase, and collectibles are their prey.
    — Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
  • All that’s missing is a bloodthirsty, vengeful mob.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Zombies wreak bloodthirsty havoc after a tidal wave hits a small town.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Their pointy faces stretched ahead of them with a sweet, if bloodthirsty, curiosity.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside, 21 Jan. 2026
  • But bloodthirsty violence isn’t all that’s needed to get there.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
  • These horrific crimes by bloodthirsty aliens happen here, too.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Then she and her friend gossip with bloodthirsty delight about the latest heinous murders in the news.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2021
  • There’s a vampire and wellness cult, a hellish basement and a bloodthirsty talking cat.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 June 2026
  • But airing bloodthirsty, rude, and evil thoughts about politics can be more than simply a trolling move.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2017
  • So, the bloodthirsty Knicks fans loved Wemby getting clocked.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • How this bloodthirsty black sheep wooed the most beautiful being in the universe is anyone’s guess.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The bloodthirsty orchid is left to die in the cold with all of Weddernburn’s other plants.
    — Katy Kelleher, Longreads, 9 Oct. 2019
  • But all were gleefully lapped up by tried-and-true slasher fans and a new wave of bloodthirsty teenage audiences.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The men who’ve beaten the life out of their opponents before a bloodthirsty crowd are never the same after.
    — Greg Moore, azcentral, 23 July 2019
  • Because all of these things will hopefully only make James more bloodthirsty at the start of the season.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 9 Aug. 2017
  • The overarching theme of this brutal, bloodthirsty show has always been the fight for survival.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Powell's Ben Richards must evade a team of bloodthirsty hunters to win a massive cash prize in a dystopian game show.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Hip-hop, rock and roll, and even country music are full of revolutionary rhetoric and bloodthirsty threats.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • He was also considered to be a violent and bloodthirsty god, as well as a being thought to rule over evil spirits.
    — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Most of the people who are against hunting of bears and wolves have never seen one in their life, and paint us as bloodthirsty killers, and that’s not the case at all.
    — NBC News, 14 June 2018
  • Tom Hardy reprises his role as a reporter who shares his body with a bloodthirsty alien creature in this sci-fi/action sequel.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The lesson of history is that appeasement and hope are not a strategy against a bloodthirsty tyrant.
    — U.s. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
  • This week a wild and woolly band of bloodthirsty space aliens known as Gwar is beaming down to The Webster.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Regardless, this film also boasts a oner for the ages, as a raincoat mafia descends upon a rave and a pair of bloodthirsty lovers.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The bugs are an annoyance every summer, but this year the bloodthirsty hordes have driven people to find creative ways to fight back.
    — Kris Maher, WSJ, 16 June 2019
  • Yes, Aida is an old-fashioned blockbuster, a tale of bloodthirsty slavers, desert vendettas, and love amid the pyramids.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025

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