Adjective : bloodless surgery. ,a bloodless face. ,a bloodless victory; a bloodless coup. ,a dull, insipid, bloodless young man. ,bloodless data. From Dictionary.com.
They have a rooted aversion to it and never employ it in their clothing, because it suggests to their fancy the idea of bloodlessness -- of anaemia and death. From Wordnik.com. [Alone] Reference
His early solitude narrowed his affinities, and gave a kind of bloodlessness to his style; clear in hue, fine in texture, it is apt to want the mellow tinge which indicates a robust and copious life. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference
The early-morning bloodlessness was with him all the time now. From Wordnik.com. [In the Garden of Iden] Reference
She is easily discouraged because anemia or bloodlessness fails to supply the oxygen necessary to a fight. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
The icy bloodlessness of bureaucratic language is usually directly proportional to the horrors it is trying to disguise. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Cheney Calls Katrina an “Exercise.”] Reference
If the near-bloodlessness of Guppry's coup was remarkable in that place and age, sti1l it could not have happened elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Covergent Series]
Scared by the bloodlessness of her smiling lips, he held her arm firmly till they were seated at a little table round the corner. From Wordnik.com. [Over the River] Reference
Say something, if you must, about toothlessness or bloodlessness or the kindness of hammering stakes into the hearts of undead shows. From Wordnik.com. [August 2004] Reference
We are not conscious of the mechanism producing the arterial contraction and the bloodlessness of those convolutions related to natural sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
At least a part of the social process that leads these minds through that particular looking glass is the personal bloodlessness of their product. From Wordnik.com. [Oppenheimer] Reference
The deliberate bloodlessness of scientific writing now seems less a necessary imperfection in the search for objectivity than a crime against humanity. From Wordnik.com. [The limbic system stands up for its rights] Reference
Whatever dramatic effect is achieved by Batman's vicious "interrogation" is dulled by the film's general bloodlessness and the Joker's seeming imperviousness, etc. From Wordnik.com. [On Violence and Restraint in The Dark Knight] Reference
A tincture is made (H.) from the whole plant when in flower, and may be given with success for that form of bloodlessness with great impairment of the whole health, known as pernicious anaemia. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Christopher Bigelow, a devout Mormon bored by the bloodlessness of mainstream Mormon culture, created the Sugar Beet, a website of Mormon satire modeled on The Onion, then started Zarahemla Books, a publisher of edgy Mormon literature. From Wordnik.com. [Holly Welker: Latter-Day Saints and Modern-Day Pioneers] Reference
All I wondered was, why was the approach to the "positive impact model" of game design taken by these industry luminaries simply to build familiar violent conflict and dress it up with a little side-order of moral intrigue or bloodlessness?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
What our pacifists desire is not so much peace as bloodlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The World Decision] Reference
Perhaps its enduring popularity owes something to its bloodlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
All along it hampered me, and in it you have the reason for my bloodlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Hawtrey's Deputy] Reference
At the best it imparted daintiness and charm; at the worst, timidity and bloodlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9. The Eighties and Their Kin. Section 1. Varied Types] Reference
Squeeze a finger-nail, and if no blood appears beneath it, safura is the cause of the bloodlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death]
The feature that struck me most forcibly was the strange hue of their skin, a repulsive, unhealthy pallor, a seeming bloodlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Lost on Venus]
I saw four manner of dryings: the first was bloodlessness; the second was pain following after; the third, hanging up in the air, as men hang. From Wordnik.com. [Revelations of Divine Love] Reference
Soderbergh has always approached his films, even the most quirkily experimental, with a degree of remoteness that has sometimes veered into bloodlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference
As he scanned his thinning line he saw a look of bloodlessness and hopelessness gathering on the set faces of which he had grown so fond during this ordeal. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Shot] Reference
A little brandy from the bottle labeled "Vini Galli" seemed to be indicated, but his inexperience could not determine if her relaxation was from bloodlessness or the reacting depression of alcohol. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Redwoods] Reference
Tunaine made one sly insinuating remark after another while Arthur's hand clenched to bloodlessness around his goblet, and his face grew harder and harder each time Tunaine flicked a sidelong leering glance at Merlin. From Wordnik.com. [doggdot.us] Reference
"Throat slit and an appearance of bloodlessness, but no bloodstains on the shirt or hair, only in the nose. From Wordnik.com. [Wolves Eat Dogs]
One of the favorite topics was the comparative bloodlessness of the revolution (something like 169 killed and. From Wordnik.com. [The Russian Revolution; the Jugo-Slav Movement] Reference
There is something sinister, indeed Gothic, about all this bloodlessness, relieved in typically monstrous fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum] Reference
161 from Vietnam of 1968, this coverage felt immediate but was appealing in its bloodlessness. From Wordnik.com. [1968 the Year that Rocked the World]
"speakin 'of dooels, I reckons now the encounter Dave Tutt involves himse'f with when he first sees Tucson takes onchallenged preecedence for utter bloodlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Wolfville Nights] Reference
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