bloody but unbowed

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bloody but unbowed

Fig. showing signs of a struggle, but not defeated. (Originally referring to the head. From the poem Invictus by William Earnest Henley.) Liz emerged from the struggle, her head bloody but unbowed. We are bloody but unbowed and will fight to the last.

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Again Tyne shipyards, like an old prize-fighter, are on the ropes, bloody but unbowed. We're being sold down river again by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) Sam Peckinpah's savage lament for the passing of frontier values is a masterpiece, bloody but unbowed. A bunch of dudes; FILM CHOICE by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) CAPTION(S): FRENZIED: New South Wales fullback Duncan McRae launches his assault on helpless Lions outhalf Ronan; BRUTAL: He continues to punch Ronan - who is unable to defend himself - in the face, leaving him badly cut; EYE'LL BE BACK: A bloody but unbowed Ronan points a warning finger at McRae. My Lion heart; RONAN GIRL'S HORROR AT SAVAGE ATTACK by The Mirror (London, England)			blink blink at blink tears back bliss bliss out blitz out blitzed out block block in some place block off block out block up blood blood and guts blood and thunder blood is thicker than Blood is thicker than water blood is up blood run cold Blood will have blood Blood will tell blood, sweat and tears blood, sweat, and tears bloodied but unbowed bloody bloody but unbowed bloody minded bloom blossom blossom forth blossom into blossom out blot blot copybook blot on the landscape blot out blow blow a fuse blow a hole in blow a kiss blow a raspberry blow away blow away the cobwebs blow brains out blow cover blow doors off blow down blow hot and cold blow in blow into blow it			Bloodtype Bloodulf Bloodvessels Bloodvessels Bloodvessels Bloodweed Bloodweed Bloodweed Bloodwite Bloodwood bloodwood tree bloodwoods Bloodwork Bloodwork Bloodwork bloodworm bloodworm bloodworm bloodworms bloodworms bloodworms bloodwort bloodwort family Bloodwurst bloody bloody bloody bloody Bloody Assizes Bloody Bastardz With Guns bloody but unbowed Bloody Crane's-bill Bloody Crane's-bill bloody feces bloody feces bloody feces bloody feces Bloody Flux Bloody Flux Bloody Flux Bloody Flux Bloody Fool Bloody Good Bloke bloody guts bloody guts bloody guts Bloody hand Bloody Hell Bloody Hell Bloody Hell Bloody Hell Bloody Idiot Bloody Kansas Bloody Killing Warlords Bloody Legislation Against the Dispossessed Bloody Loosers But Happy Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Bloody Mary Bloody Mary Bloody Mary Bloody Mary (disambiguation)

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