had to throw away the bloodstained washcloth after a particularly bad nosebleed
Recent Examples on the WebOne is the tendency to externalize all responsibility for Latvia’s admittedly brutal and bloodstained World War II experience. Gordon F. Sander, The New York Review of Books, 21 July 2022 Cukurs put his fascist proclivities into bloodstained practice. Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 In the first one, Mike Ehrmentraut (Jonathan Banks) stands beside a desert bonfire, a funeral pyre where the bloodstained truth about Howard Hamlin's (Patrick Fabian) death is being slowly burned away. Kat Rosenfield, EW.com, 19 July 2022 In the chaotic aftermath of the shooting, Lauren Silva — who moments before had been merely heading to breakfast — found a bloodstained toddler lying beneath a bleeding man. Shawn Hubler, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022 Brandishing bloodstained cleavers, two men warn Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about inflaming religious tensions in India and vow to avenge acts of blasphemy. Niha Masih, Washington Post, 29 June 2022 It has not been cleaned since the shooting and remains bloodstained and bullet-pocked, with Valentine's Day gifts strewn about. Terry Spencer, ajc, 28 June 2022 The bloodstained bedding was still there when a Wall Street Journal reporter visited last month. Isabel Coles, WSJ, 15 May 2022 After a mother is murdered at her house, police focus on their best clues: a bloodstained hammer and a dusty footprint.Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
bloodstained
adjective
blood·stained -ˌstānd
: stained with blood
bloodstained
adjective
as in bloody
smeared or stained with blood had to throw away the bloodstained washcloth after a particularly bad nosebleed