blood and thunder

noun

sensationalism, violence, or exaggerated melodrama: a movie full of blood and thunder.

Origin of blood and thunder

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby blood and thunder

blood agar, blood-air barrier, blood albumin, blood alcohol concentration, blood-and-guts, blood and thunder, blood-aqueous barrier, blood bank, bloodbath, blood blister, blood-brain barrier

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Example sentences from the Web for blood and thunder

Hugo's melodrama suited Verdi's blood-and-thunder style exactly.
The Opera|R.A. Streatfeild
So I made St Andr publish a blood-and-thunder proclamation threatening death to any one found tampering with our wires.
The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade|Edward Lord Gleichen
We had never seen that weird species of pumpkin, and Will embroidered a blood-and-thunder narrative.
Last of the Great Scouts|Helen Cody Wetmore
Look at all the blood-and-thunder novels will you, that are turned out every year by the hundred.
An American Hobo in Europe|Ben Goodkind

Even a blood-and-thunder story of the Russian police was turned on as a serial story in their daily papers.
What Germany Thinks|Thomas F. A. Smith

British Dictionary definitions for blood and thunder

blood-and-thunder

adjective

denoting or relating to a melodramatic adventure story

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单词	blood and thunder
释义	blood and thunder noun sensationalism, violence, or exaggerated melodrama: a movie full of blood and thunder. Origin of blood and thunder First recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby blood and thunder blood agar, blood-air barrier, blood albumin, blood alcohol concentration, blood-and-guts, blood and thunder, blood-aqueous barrier, blood bank, bloodbath, blood blister, blood-brain barrier Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blood and thunder Hugo's melodrama suited Verdi's blood-and-thunder style exactly. The Opera\|R.A. Streatfeild So I made St Andr publish a blood-and-thunder proclamation threatening death to any one found tampering with our wires. The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade\|Edward Lord Gleichen We had never seen that weird species of pumpkin, and Will embroidered a blood-and-thunder narrative. Last of the Great Scouts\|Helen Cody Wetmore Look at all the blood-and-thunder novels will you, that are turned out every year by the hundred. An American Hobo in Europe\|Ben Goodkind Even a blood-and-thunder story of the Russian police was turned on as a serial story in their daily papers. What Germany Thinks\|Thomas F. A. Smith British Dictionary definitions for blood and thunder blood-and-thunder adjective denoting or relating to a melodramatic adventure story Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to blood and thunder theatrical, artificial, cloak-and-dagger, exaggerated, ham, histrionic, hokey, sensational, spectacular, cliff-hanging, hammy, overdramatic, overemotional, stagy
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