How much bark can be stripped from a tree before it slowly bleeds to death?

He had lost a great deal of blood, and the stab wound still bled slowly.

He did not die quickly, but he slowly bled to death.

She slowly bleeds to death as Gloria is forced to watch.

He opened a vein in Madison's throat and let him slowly bleed to death.

He had been shot through the lower part of the body, and slowly bled to death.

Broken, bleeding, slowly bleeding away my life with nothing to show on the outside.

Industry executives felt the extra premium was slowly bleeding the healthy institutions.

He has a terrible stomach injury and is slowly bleeding to death.

Perhaps an hour passes, as the victims continue to bleed slowly.