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  • For a moment he was staring at Cash again, all blood-matted fur and death.

    The Long Grass 2010

  • The broken ends of two arrows showed from the blood-matted feathers in the leading edge of his left wing, and in his left thigh.

    Elephant in the City 2010

  • The thing of bone and blood-matted fur split in two, showering him with beetles and sticky streams of black bile.

    Story: Ties that Bind, Part 1 of 2. | Mind on Fire 2009

  • My head ached as Chris gently caressed my blood-matted hair and offered a friendly ear for my laments.

    Yadda, Yadda, Yaddo 2009

  • My head ached as Chris gently caressed my blood-matted hair and offered a friendly ear for my laments.

    Yadda, Yadda, Yaddo 2009

  • He was shocked at the state of the beaten man, eyes swollen, blood-matted hair and the incoherent groaning in pain.

    The God Samaritan James F. McGrath 2008

  • The whole village of Anahuac gathered by the center of the town to watch the priest with his blood-matted hair offer the children to secure the health of the corn crop.

    Crystal Rain 2006

  • It had; disregarding the blood-matted fur, there was surprisingly little damage; no more than a deep nick in the skin and muscle near the shoulder.

    Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997

  • She pawed through his blood-matted hair, inspecting the wound.

    Temple of the Winds Goodkind, Terry 1997

  • Looking closely, Kincaid thought he detected fragments of skull in the blood-matted hair, but no crescent shapes.

    Mourn Not Your Dead Deborah Crombie 1996

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