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.
