ADVERB
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emotionlessly and heartlessly; with deliberate cruelty or callousness
he cold-bloodedly planned the murder of his boss
How To Use in cold blood In A Sentence
- The scene is described in novelist Truman Capote's chilling account of the killings, In Cold Blood.
- He murdered her in cold blood.
- This was done in cold blood by people who claim to be civilized. Writers in Hollywood, 1915-51
- How terribly twisted must one's mind become to lead one to kill another human being in cold blood after nursing some grouse over turf or money?
- It was during this infamous incident that Japan went so far as to murder in cold blood one of the high Chinese diplomats and his entourage in Tsinan. The Fight for Democracy in China
- Mrs Heron was murdered in cold blood in a crime which to date has appeared to have no motive.
- So those air forces were allowed to continue to do things which it must be said in cold blood were a moral blemish, a moral blot perhaps on the conduct of the Allies.
- They shot him down in cold blood.
- An explosive martinet on the set, but the result was 'Elmer Gantry,' 'In Cold Blood' and 'The Professionals.' Hard-Nosed Hollywood
- Two protesters were killed in recent clashes with police and a police chief was photographed shooting one man in cold blood.
