red-blooded
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.34 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, blooded.
Example Sentences
- "The carbon tax won acclaim from self-described socialists and red-blooded libertarians, Democratic senators and Republican secretaries of state, Elon Musk and Janet Yellen."
- "As one of my clients put it, 'I love my wife so much I'm so in love with her but we don't have sex, I only have sex three times a year and I'm a red blooded man I can't deal with that'."
- "A red-blooded American male who once scored with reality TV stars, he [Sean Duffy] is now a devoted dad with his own chicken coop and beehives, publicly pledging his commitment to his wife and their old Chrysler minivan."
- "In five tightly cropped close-ups, terra firma appears to be roiling, more like the surface of a stormy sea than anything you’d want to build a house on. Melted ice cream comes to mind, as does the flesh of red-blooded animals."