Vein

//veɪn//

"Vein" in a Sentence (23 examples)

Blood poured from the cut vein.

A vein of poetry exists in the hearts of all men.

A day without a vein of humour is an extremely sad day.

A dye was injected into a vein of the patient's arm.

Travellers on long-distance flights can suffer from deep vein thrombosis.

Mary was treated for deep vein thrombosis when she was pregnant with her second child.

Mary suffered deep vein thrombosis while she was pregnant.

Cold horror froze each vein. / Aghast and shuddering my comrades stood; / down sank at once each heart, and terror chilled the blood. / No more with arms, for peace with vows and prayer / we sue, and pardon of these powers implore, / or be they goddesses or birds of air / obscene and dire.

The nurse found a good vein in Mennad's right hand.

The nurse was trying to find a vein in Mennad's hand.

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The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body.

An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule, And death arreſts the organe of my voyce. Who entring at the breach thy ſword hath made, Sackes euery vaine and artier of my heart, […]

They general­ly occur in the earth in what are called veins, and are seldom found in the pure metallic state, but generally in combination with some other substance, in which state they are call­ed ores.

in the same vein

He[…]is able to open new scenes, and discover a vein of true and noble thinking.

Come ride with me Through the veins of history, I'll show you how God Falls asleep on the job

The play is in a satirical vein.

certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins

Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein.

down to the veins of earth

I took another Prism therefore which was free from Veins

[…] as he ceased from that wild imprecation, a faint flash of lightning veined the remote horizon, and a low clap of thunder rumbled afar off, echoing among the hills […]

“We brought out our maps of the region and showed him the old routes and trails veining the whole of it. […]”

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