draw blood
Example Sentences
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Ma’s eyes are sharp enough to draw blood.
From Literature
Olusanya spent about 30 minutes preparing for the 3 p.m. appointment, assembling equipment to draw blood, collect a urine sample and check the patient’s vitals and glucose levels.
From Los Angeles Times
Every other day, I went back to the fertility clinic so the staff could monitor my vitals and draw blood.
From Slate
Lucy Liu’s 9-year-old son, Rockwell, hasn’t seen his mother draw blood in “Charlie’s Angels” or “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and certainly not in “Kill Bill, Vol. 1.”
From New York Times
“Hacks,” however, makes the battle entertaining, even when the characters we love draw blood.
From Salon
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