How to Use vein in a Sentence

vein

noun
  • In the same vein, the bag has been a hit in the Vogue offices too.
    Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2023
  • There’s more, of course, in the vein of those coming athwart of fate.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The surgery treats the vein of Galen malformation in the brain.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 4 May 2023
  • And each of the first three episodes provides at least one banger in that vein.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Surgeons go up into the veins, gaining access to the artery at the top of the leg.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The chef who prepared it may not have a drop of Italian blood in their veins.
    Victor R. Lee, Fortune, 1 May 2023
  • One of those rewards is the show’s vein of dark, dry humor.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Both films are black comedies, a bit in the vein of the Coen brothers.
    Martin Dale, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • These hematomas are under the skin and affect the shallow veins.
    Elizabeth Quinn, Verywell Health, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The latest feature in this vein is called free-form ads.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Sort of in the same vein as cosigning, parents can co-own a home with their child.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • In the same vein, a miss on expectations could lead to a sell-off.
    Krystal Hur, CNN, 23 July 2023
  • The culture is part of his DNA, pumping through his veins and busting at the seams to get out.
    Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The post, along with others in a similar vein, was shared more than 100 times in less than a week.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2023
  • His face is now crimson; a vein in his neck tightens like a rope pulled taut.
    Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The valves in the veins of your legs, which keep blood flowing upward to your heart, collapse a little.
    Amanda Gardner, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Tubes circulated blood from a vein in the groin through the pig liver on the machine and returned the blood to a vein in the neck.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The nurse applied a rubber band to my arm to find the right vein, then gently inserted the catheter.
    Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 31 July 2023
  • One of the most common types is deep vein thrombosis (DVT), when a clot forms in a deep vein in your arm or leg.
    Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
  • In the same vein, physician and author Fred Pescatore says to stay away from salty and sugary foods.
    Natalie B. Compton, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The larger ones say that bleeding clock runs through Michigan’s veins.
    Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
  • This was in early 2017, and outside the restaurant were thousands of women, protesting in the same sort of vein as the Women’s March in the U.S.
    Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
  • And yet, at no point in its twelve episodes does Revenant feel like a copy, more the culmination of that rich vein of horror.
    Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • In a similar vein, new AI laws are being explored to try and keep AI on an even keel.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • In a similar vein, the trailer appears to have a bar at the rear, with the tailgate doubling as a bartop.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024
  • In some parts, the river had veins of brick-red bacteria snaking along its surface like licks of fire.
    Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2023
  • Think of your pre-rolls in a similar vein as your edibles.
    Harrison Bard, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Well, in a similar vein, a bridge should not be extended too far.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Feb. 2023
  • But this year a chaotic energy pumped though its veins.
    Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Along the same vein, Oura is introducing a body clock feature.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 15 Mar. 2023

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