vein

Definition:
1. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; all veins except the pulmonary carry unaerated blood.
2. A distinctive style or manner.
3. Any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.
4. A layer of ore between layers of rock.

Use 'vein' in a sentence:

• 1. I'm not in the vein for writing today.
• 2. A projector shines a map of the vein network directly on the skin.
• 3. He shouted at his brother, his neck veins bulging.
• 4. Your letter continues mining this Hobbesian vein.
• 5. These are known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
• 6. The doctor injects glucose into the patient's vein.
• 7. In the same vein, he knows that you'll understand if some of the trash from his trash cans blows across into your yard.
• 8. With this disease the veins in the liver can block up, and all sorts of damage follows.
• 9. The surgeon placed catheters through the veins and arteries near the base of the head.
• 10. The striker's rich vein of form this season has seen him net 32 goals.
• 11. There's a rich vein of literary history which insists on their interchangeability.
• 12. He could have died after developing deep vein thrombosis during a flight to Sydney.
• 13. Vein density is a sign of how much a leaf has invested in the network.
• 14. Pay particular attention to the areas right near the center vein.
• 15. A blood clot in a vein is called a venous thromboembolism (or VTE).
• 16. We could see the veins in her neck pulsating.
• 17. Small veins are removed from the leg and used to bypass the blocked up stretch of coronary arteries.
• 18. I occasionally doze off, only to be awakened by the agonizing pain of another collapsed vein and infiltrating fluids.
• 19. The essays in this collection are composed entirely in this vein.
• 20. It is one of his finest works in a lighter vein.
• 21. Many veins are found just under the skin.
• 22. The Obama statement was in a similar vein.
• 23. Umbilical vein, ductus venosus and venous ligament and ligamentum teres hepatis were anatomized, observed and measured.
• 24. Sanchez is in a rich vein of form and he is doing well.
• 25. Let us dig a little farther in the direction of this vein!
• 26. Surgical waiting lists were reduced by the simple expedient of striking off all patients awaiting varicose vein operations.
• 27. My mother has had unsightly varicose veins for years.
• 28. A rich vein of humour runs through the book.
• 29. If you have varicose veins, consider wearing elastic support hose.
• 30. Maybe the hepatic vein?
• 31. The posterior-septal pathways which can be successfully ablated in the coronary vein have certain characteristics in surface electrocardigram.
• 32. There was Greek blood in his veins.
• 33. The veins stand out on the back of her hands.
• 34. The girl now replies in similar vein.
• 35. The best blood of English flows in his veins.
• 36. Perhaps no company has done more in this vein than Cisco.
• 37. Passengers on long-haul flights are being warned about the risks of deep vein thrombosis.
• 38. This Spanish drama has a vein of black humour running through it.
• 39. Many women, especially as they get older, develop lumpy veins in their legs.
• 40. 'And that's not all,' he continued in angry vein.
• 41. A tiny wire is threaded through a vein to the heart.
• 42. The veins carry blood to the heart.
• 43. The blood was throbbing in my veins.
• 44. The director discovered a rich vein of sentimentality.
• 45. They had tapped a rich vein of information in his secretary.
• 46. The surgeon performed a section on the vein.
• 47. Three of my veins had furred up and I needed a triple bypass.
• 48. The scientists marked a lily bud with dots along each petal's edge and "midrib" or central vein.
• 49. A number of other people commented in a similar vein.
• 50. Veins showed through her pale skin.