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Example sentences for "bloodcurdling"

Lexicographically close words:
blonde; blondes; blondness; bloo; blood; bloode; blooded; bloodedly; bloodedness; bloodhound
  1. Suddenly the Romans emitted a great, bloodcurdling shout, and smiting their spears against their shields advanced with determination and on a run against the elephants.

  2. As his antagonist came roaring toward him, Lord Greystoke tore his long knife from its sheath, and with an answering challenge as horrid and bloodcurdling as that of the beast he faced, rushed swiftly to meet the attack.

  3. Added to this the Indians told them bloodcurdling tales of the terrors of the "Father of Waters.

  4. In every bush an Indian might lurk, and night was made terrible with bloodcurdling war cries.

  5. He was not afraid of the strange bloodcurdling cries they made in the black spruce tops.

  6. A bloodcurdling snarl answered the blow, and Oohoomisew remembered the lynx, his lost foot, and his narrow escape with his life.

  7. Their bloodcurdling yells perfectly demoniacal now, the barbarians leaped forward in pursuit.

  8. Upon investigation, I found that some wretch had filled his weak head full of bloodcurdling yarns about the cannibal Indians and the decimating fevers met with there.

  9. By the time dinner was ready he had polished it up and it was as good as ever, which made us feel a little more at home, for we had heard most bloodcurdling tales of the ferocity of the jaguars and tigers so common in this region.

  10. The bloodcurdling screams were partially obscured by her removal to the halls, but therefrom emerged the echoes of her departing wails, as of a living soul descending into the very pit of deepest, darkest hell itself.

  11. Shorter and shorter became the movements of the head, and the forking tongue protruded as the formidable reptile emitted a bloodcurdling hiss.

  12. This, then, was the interpretation of his bloodcurdling dream.


  13. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bloodcurdling" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    petrifying; stunning; stupefying; terrifying; terroristic