: extremely or excessively high
seats in the nosebleed section
nosebleed stock prices
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Examples of nosebleed in a Sentence
Noun
She often suffers from nosebleeds.
Adjective
We had seats in the nosebleed section of the stadium.
we were sitting way up in the nosebleed seats
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Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 20 May 2024
During residency, Clayborne learned that emergency rooms see about 500,000 visits a year for nosebleeds, or about one in every 200 ER visits.
—Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2024
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Noun
As high school students nationwide don their finest gowns and suits, NPR readers shared their fond memories of their own prom, from spontaneous nosebleeds to last hurrahs for friends.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 20 May 2024
During residency, Clayborne learned that emergency rooms see about 500,000 visits a year for nosebleeds, or about one in every 200 ER visits.
—Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Nosebleed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nosebleed. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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nosebleed
noun
nose·bleed
-ˌblēd 
: an attack of bleeding from the nose
called also epistaxis
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