vein
Example Sentences
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In earlier studies, scientists sometimes inserted catheters into veins in a patient's neck to collect blood as it left the brain.
From Science Daily
Samples were taken from the hepatic portal vein, which carries blood from the intestine to the liver, and from peripheral blood, which travels from the liver to the heart before circulating through the body.
From Science Daily
In addition to preternatural skill, you need icewater in your veins to do that.
In like vein, James was the last British monarch to step into the role of judge and pass sentence on one of his subjects.
With so many movies and television series working that vein over more than a century, it’s no surprise that the same material turns up again and again.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
