How to Use bad blood in a Sentence

bad blood

noun
  • There's been a lot of bad blood between them since their quarrel.
  • Fast forward to 2022, and the bad blood is all washed away.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2022
  • There was no bad blood between the teams, as was the case in years past.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • There’s bad blood right now between Thomas and the Saints.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • There’s no bad blood between us, which is like the best thing.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 12 June 2022
  • There is some bad blood between Lily and Eileen on one side and Chrissie on the other.
    Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
  • The woman said there was bad blood between the suspect and her boyfriend.
    cleveland, 21 Dec. 2021
  • There's no bad blood between Jae and I. Jae has looked out for me the past couple of years.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Riley, who had led the Knicks for three seasons, had become the coach of the Heat, and there was bad blood over the move.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • There’s some bad blood in the combination of Rock, Smith, and the Oscars.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Ahead of the premiere, Parker denied bad blood—at least on her end.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Martha Stewart says there's no bad blood between her and Katie Couric!
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 4 Dec. 2021
  • There's no bad blood between Florence Pugh and Zach Braff.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Jan. 2023
  • There's no longer bad blood between Charlie Sheen and his ex-wife Denise Richards.
    Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Taylor Swift has caused some bad blood in Southeast Asia.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Back then, Alessio and Lucia share a friendly exchange, with no signs of bad blood.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Dec. 2022
  • There seems to be no bad blood between Kanye West and his former sisters-in-law.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Oct. 2022
  • There's no bad blood, there's no drama, there's no nothing.
    Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
  • There’s no bad blood, there’s no drama, there’s no nothing.
    Vulture, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt may not have walked down the aisle, but there’s no bad blood between these exes.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 14 June 2022
  • In his first public comments on the crash, Putin appeared to hint there was no bad blood between him and Prigozhin.
    Dasha Litvinova, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The two will finally meet in the ring on March 19 in Dubai, bringing more than two years of bad blood and the public feud to an endpoint.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Apparently there had been bad blood between the teens for a while.
    John Benson, cleveland, 16 Mar. 2022
  • This town is big enough for both Sydney Sweeney and Lili Reinhart, and the two blonde starlets have zero bad blood.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Does this mean there's no more bad blood between Cattrall and Parker?
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 2 June 2023
  • At the time, the Foos had been relatively silent for a couple of years, and rumors of breakups and bad blood had begun to swirl.
    Johnny Loftus, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2023
  • There was no bad blood or deep resentment or anything like that.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2023
  • That’s because of the sheer size of the majority and lingering bad blood.
    Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The stakes aren’t as high as in recent seasons, but the bad blood between the two SEC powers is sure to be palpable.
    Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The apparent gal pals were all smiles, so there's seemingly no bad blood between the duo.
    Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com, 28 Feb. 2022

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