Congress came back into session last week and the Democrats were circling, sensing blood in the political waters.

One observer sensed "blood in the air" as the chaplain delivered his prayer at high noon.

He'd sensed blood and had been drawn over to the table like a shark attracted to chum.

If those things were anything like the saberbacks or sharks, they could sense blood for kilometers.

The second Piranhaconda arrives and, sensing blood, attacks its wounded mate.

The currency traders, sensing blood in the water, went on selling francs.

Sensing blood, fundamentalists have demanded that interest be banned in banking.

Whispering by people beyond the bar, some press types and the media sensing blood in the water.

"They sense blood, like sharks,7' he said, "and if you get in their territory, they'll bite.

Some started to sense blood in the water.