Nathan Kress

I do hope to be an adult actor. But if it doesn't work out, I've been thinking about doing something in the medical therapy field, chiropractics or something like that. I've always been into the idea of helping people medically, but I can't stand blood or surgery. That freaks me out. So this would be a bloodless way to help people.

American Actor

Barkha Dutt

Even those of us who do not understand the nuances of economics have come to accept that reform cannot be bloodless. We are often impatient with the predictable, do-gooder campaigns against development. We argue passionately against the humbug protests of those who never want the poor to get rich.

Indian Journalist

Mark Edwards

The turning point for me was when the Supreme Court installed Bush in 2000, even though he got half a million votes less nationally than Gore. It was nothing more than a bloodless coup and that's when I really started paying attention.

American Celebrity

Homer Hickam

Until I began to build and launch rockets, I didn't know my hometown was at war with itself over its children and that my parents were locked in a kind of bloodless combat over how my brother and I would live our lives.

American Author

Daniel Naroditsky

I think death is the aesthetic part of chess, seeing your opponent's army fall. Producing a sacrifice in order to mate is the aesthetic part of it. It's a beautiful, bloodless war.

Aimee Mann

For me, there's a fine line between telling a story that's fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it's bloodless, a little too fictional.

American Musician

John Updike

There is no pleasing New Englanders, my dear, their soil is all rocks and their hearts are bloodless absolutes.

American Novelist

Bruce Jackson

Both of our wars in Iraq were, on American television, largely bloodless.

Public Servant

Chuck Palahniuk

Movie brawls tend to be bloodless and quick.

Natalia Ginzburg

Italian Author

Often used to describe overthrows or changes in governments without bloodshed.

Political Context

Can imply a metaphorical victory where no physical struggle occurred.

Metaphorical Use

Use to criticize art, literature, or performances lacking vitality.

Cultural Products

Indicates an absence of emotional engagement with an audience.

No Emotional Impact

Suggests a lack of emotional warmth or engagement in behavior.

Emotional Coldness

Refers to a person's dull or unenthused responses.

Lacking Enthusiasm

Specifically used in medical contexts to describe low-blood-loss procedures.

Technical Term

Reflects a contemporary approach minimizing risk in surgeries.

Modern Medicine

Used to describe a person's appearance when pale due to shock or illness.

Visual Description

Implies extreme fear or sickness when describing someone's pale countenance.

Fear or Illness

 Every game we play is different. Some games are more about social issues, some are more about economic issues. Some games are more about warfare. But I don't try to deny them that reality of being human. I allow them to go there and, through their own experience, learn, in a bloodless way,

John Hunter: Teaching...

 new recruit had al stood his former mentor in a bloodless coup and taken command himself say I was able to talk the rest of the crew into voting out hornigold as captain in voting himself in his commander of the pirate fleet and

Bloodless

Political Context

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