How to Use bad blood in a Sentence
bad blood
noun- There's been a lot of bad blood between them since their quarrel.
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Making a fuss will cause bad blood between you and someone you value.
— Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 21 July 2019 -
Over 10 years, there’s going to be a lot of crazy games and there’s going to be some serious bad blood.
— Brian Straus, SI.com, 4 Sep. 2019 -
Although the exes have both moved on, there seems no bad blood between Cassie and Diddy.
— Jasmine Grant, Essence, 28 Aug. 2019 -
Her absence is palpable, leaving us to wonder if there is still a trace of bad blood between her and her ex-boss/onetime paramour.
— Mara Reinstein, Billboard, 23 Aug. 2019 -
In this toxic blend of big egos and bad blood, Franklin and California Supreme fell hard.
— oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2019 -
So the Longhorns didn’t need the Aggies around to find bad blood, or any of the other trappings of a big-game atmosphere.
— Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 7 Sep. 2019 -
The technology already has decades of bad blood with customers, and sales of consumer printers and print cartridges have been falling.
— Omar L. Gallaga, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2024 -
The agency found fault at both hospitals following the death of patients getting bad blood transfusions.
— Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle, 24 July 2019 -
Even the arrangements for the dead despot’s funeral have been causing confusion, consternation and bad blood.
— The Economist, 14 Sep. 2019 -
The incident occurred in June 2018 and involved neighbors with a history of bad blood.
— Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2019 -
There was bad blood between Baldwin and the victim even before the stabbing, according to the warrant for Baldwin’s arrest.
— Slade Rand, courant.com, 22 Aug. 2019 -
But there’s bad blood here involving painful secrets and truths that are slowly, at times intriguingly revealed as Kira attempts to square a traumatic event from her teen years.
— Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019 -
The two sides last met in a bad tempered Copa America third place play-off in the summer, and the bad blood is clearly not forgotten as this game saw ten yellow cards brandished.
— SI.com, 11 Sep. 2019 -
There have been some grumbles about his attitude off the pitch and his public falling out with Thomas Tuchel last season only exacerbated the bad blood between player and the club.
— SI.com, 28 July 2019 -
However, Wimbledon marked the first time the pair stepped out just the two of them—though with Kate's sister, Pippa—since the reports broke, proving there's no bad blood between them.
— Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 July 2019 -
So there has been bad blood between the two of these in the past.
— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024 -
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 -
The two title fights in the desert were tainted with bad blood.
— John Marshall, ajc, 13 June 2021 -
But in view of the bad blood and false starts of the past 12 months, neither seems likely in the short term.
— Chris Bryant | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019 -
There’s no bad blood between us, which is like the best thing.
— Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 12 June 2022 -
But fans of the show can rest assured that there's no lasting bad blood.
— Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 29 Jan. 2020 -
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 -
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 -
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
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