The hair, thick and light brown where the blood hadn't crusted, fanned out on the steel table.

Maria gasped at the sight of her mistress's swelled face and the blood crusted around her nose.

One eye was swollen shut, his nose had been broken, and dried blood crusted his face.

One swollen eye was entirely closed, and dried blood crusted his split lips.

Sure enough, there lay a man in military apparel, blood crusted on his back, groaning piteously.

She was painfully thin and blood crusted the cleft between her nose and upper lip.

Like me, she was sticky with oozing blood, fluids, salt, crusted with creamy sand.

And blood he had paid to teach her how to cope with imminence was crusting on his collar.

A little drying blood crusted the strap of his watch.

Though the flesh was torn and blood crusted, in daylight the wound appeared less horrific than it had last night.