capillary

Example Sentences

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“If you look at a watershed, particularly in the Southwest, you have all these tributaries and ephemeral streams that are linked together like capillaries,” Mr. Gillespie said.

From New York Times

In between, it winds through a tropical green valley full of sugar cane, beneath the mountains that produce the best coffee in Honduras; dozens of little roads spread out like capillaries to Guatemala.

From Seattle Times

In the 1970s, her career was hampered when capillary veins in her throat burst.

From Seattle Times

It has also started to investigate reports of capillary leak syndrome - which causes blood vessel swelling and a drop in blood pressure - in five people who received the AstraZeneca vaccine.

From Reuters

It said five cases of capillary leak syndrome linked to AstraZeneca’s vaccine were reported.

From Reuters