bloodstained
adjective
blood·stained
ˈbləd-ˌstānd 
1
: stained with blood
2
: involved with slaughter
a bloodstained chronicle of war
Examples of bloodstained in a Sentence
had to throw away the bloodstained washcloth after a particularly bad nosebleed
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Those materials can include everything from evidence logs, crime scene sketches and photos of the victim’s torn or bloodstained clothing to the evidence Papakanakis is always hoping to find — DNA.
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Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
So were the fellow migrants tortured in a bloodstained Libyan prison.
—Elian Peltier Annika Hammerschlag, New York Times, 18 May 2024
The bloodstained British, Polish and Australian passports of the World Central Kitchen aid workers killed on Monday.
—Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Walking the bloodstained crime scene of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting.
—Trevor Hunnicutt, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
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Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
So were the fellow migrants tortured in a bloodstained Libyan prison.
—Elian Peltier Annika Hammerschlag, New York Times, 18 May 2024
The bloodstained British, Polish and Australian passports of the World Central Kitchen aid workers killed on Monday.
—Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Walking the bloodstained crime scene of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting.
—Trevor Hunnicutt, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Bloodstained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodstained. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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