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Examples of bloodstain in a Sentence
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Inside the van was a mattress with what one investigator has said appeared to be bloodstains.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Investigators also found blood on Rotter and observed bloodstains scattered throughout the couple's house in the hallway, bathroom and living room.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
Police swabbed bloodstains found on Lightfoot's clothes, property seized from the hospital, and the DNA profiles from those swabs matched a DNA profile of Ruf taken during her autopsy, the document states.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2023
The 37-year-old was catapulted to international attention earlier this year when she was asked to leave a Parliament session because of a bloodstain on her white suit pants.
—Elizabeth Wells and Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 5 Dec. 2023
A little before the four-minute mark, the men draw close enough to the camera that the bloodstains on the attacker’s stomach come into focus.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
The reporters described seeing bloodstains and bullet holes as fragments of broken glass crunched beneath their feet.
Before Friday’s reenactment with live gunfire, Schachter acknowledged his unease.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
The convictions owed in large part to Lee's testimony that there were bloodstains on a towel in the 65-year-old man's New Milford, Conn., home that linked the pair to the crime.
—Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
Police also swabbed bloodstains on Lightfoot's shirt, property seized from the hospital, and the DNA profiles from those swabs matched a DNA profile on Ruf taken during her autopsy, the document states.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1614, in the meaning defined above
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“Bloodstain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodstain. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
Kids Definition
bloodstain
noun
blood·stain
-ˌstān
: a discoloration caused by blood
bloodstained
adjective
-ˌstānd
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