arteries

Example Sentences

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Shortly after parliament enacted the infrastructure bill, red and white barriers began popping up across the capital, shutting down vital arteries.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Get on the freeway and you understand the whole body of the city at once: the arteries, the pulse, the scale of the thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

I knew her, anyone who has driven through the two main arteries of Los Angeles knows her.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The depth of the scarring from this conflict, on gas supply, and on control of one of the world's key economic arteries, remains an open question.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Clearly, the body could not be manufacturing that much blood and there must really be a lot less continuously circling through the veins and arteries of the body.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin