The door of the room burst open in a shower of red sparks and Harry wheeled around as Professor Lupin came hurtling into the room, his face bloodless, his wand raised and ready.
But even in the bloodless world of accounting, " goodwill" has a place on the ledger (the left side; it's an asset) and the U.S. may be writing down a loss.
His red hair hung down upon his bloodless face; his beard was torn, and twisted into knots; his eyes shone with a terrible light; his unwashed flesh crackled with the fever that burnt him up.
But well indeed do I see the faces of the guests — poor clerks and shopboys, bloodless girls and women of many sorts — all endeavouring to find a relish in lentil soup and haricot something-or-other.
So in December, after nearly 14 years of war, Assad fell in a pretty bloodless military coup by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham — this Islamist military group that had ruled this pocket in the north.
After this bloodless coup – which lasted only a few short hours – Thailand became a constitutional monarchy, ruled by a government but still supporting a royal family with no direct power.