It had been constructed thirty-four years before, in the place of another much smaller one that dated from the time when the Aztecs were but an insignificant tribe; and it seems that frightful human hecatombs had ensanguined the foundations of this more recent teocalli.
"Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru"
Albert Réville
It needed only Fowle's ensanguined visage to complete the circle of reasoning.
"The Bartlett Mystery"
Louis Tracy
The fact is, dear, that the ensanguined condition of Mr. Herrick's face was due to his having mistaken our humble abode for his.
"The Lilac Girl"
Ralph Henry Barbour