red-blooded

Definitions

1. Having a healthy vigor and spirit.
   figuratively, not-comparable
2. Having an active sex drive; lustful.
   figuratively, not-comparable
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, blooded.
   not-comparable

Examples

“The carbon tax won acclaim from self-described socialists and red-blooded libertarians, Democratic senators and Republican secretaries of state, Elon Musk and Janet Yellen.”

“As one of my clients put⟳ it, 'I love⟳ my wife so much I'm so in love⟳ with her but we don't have⟳ sex, I only have⟳ sex three times a year and I'm a red blooded man I can't deal⟳ with that'.”

“A red-blooded American male who once scored with reality TV stars, he [Sean Duffy] is now a devoted dad with his own⟳ chicken coop and beehives, publicly pledging his commitment to his wife and their old Chrysler minivan.”

“In five tightly cropped close-ups, terra firma appears to be roiling, more like⟳ the surface of a stormy sea than anything you’d want⟳ to build⟳ a house on. Melted ice cream comes to mind⟳, as does the flesh of red-blooded animals.”

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