How to Use blue blood in a Sentence

blue blood

noun

• This is where the city's blue bloods like to gather.
• Their bond runs deep like the blue blood in their veins.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2022
• The field features two No. 1 seeds and one No. 3, all of which are blue bloods.
  — Michael Beller, SI.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• Her Majesty is not the only blue blood to have a podcast.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2023
• Southington, a Class LL team, is one of the state’s blue blood programs.
  — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 9 Sep. 2021
• Alas, even baseball’s blue bloods can have a bad three decades.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2017
• Michigan State is not a blue blood, and there are going to be some ups and downs.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2022
• Three of these teams are blue bloods, and the one that isn’t finished second in the Big 12, which put three of its 10 teams in the Elite Eight.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 24 Mar. 2018
• Here's how to watch tonight's once-in-a-lifetime super blue blood moon.
  — Bloomberg.com, 30 Jan. 2018
• Villanova bombed its way past a blue blood to get there.
  — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• Maybe a dozen or so programs around the country have been able to do that, and even blue bloods have had their blips.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2019
• Yes, Morant was overlooked by many of the blue blood programs as a recruit.
  — Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 30 Mar. 2020
• On the East Coast, the super blue blood moon set around 7 a.m., but on the West Coast, skygazers had to set their alarms for at least 5 a.m. to see the show.
  — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2018
• The list of national title favorites is full of the sport’s blue bloods.
  — Steve Lyttle, charlotteobserver, 15 Feb. 2018
• What, exactly, do swans have to do with Britain’s blue bloods?
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 July 2018
• Rival Auburn feels like a college hoops blue blood in the making.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 10 Mar. 2022
• The last blue moon sighting was on Jan. 31, as part of a super blue blood moon lunar eclipse.
  — Ashley May, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2018
• The change was long overdue, and the Tigers weren’t the only college football blue blood to embrace the new system.
  — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 17 Sep. 2019
• On the last day of January, the night sky will unveil a sight not seen in over 150 years: a super blue blood moon eclipse.
  — Brett Clarkson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 Jan. 2018
• It’s the eighth meeting between the two blue blood programs, with the Fighting Irish holding a 5-2 edge in the series.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Dec. 2020
• The company that was once an upstart now stands among—if not above—the blue bloods of the US launch industry.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Apr. 2020
• Just an elite prospect choosing between four blue bloods?
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• Finding the right place for Bronny may not be as simple as picking a blue blood.
  — New York Times, 30 July 2022
• One that any town, blue collar or blue blood, struggling or thriving, would be proud of.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• Mookie checks all the boxes for a high major, blue blood recruit.
  — oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2020
• An extra hundred thousand to ride like a blue blood still sounds like a bargain.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2024
• Some will bemoan a tournament now devoid of blue bloods, but not me.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 24 Mar. 2023
• Sure, there is a rigid class of blue bloods at the top, but those programs are not immune to the occasional stumble.
  — C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• Horseshoe crabs are taken from the ocean and drained of a third of their valuable blue blood—a third of a human’s blood is half a gallon—then the crabs are thrown back.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 June 2020
• The students, raffish blue bloods, wear a uniform of chic navy with scarlet piping.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024