blue vein
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It was during this time she noticed a prominent blue vein on her right breast.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022
On maps, it appears as a thick, muscular arm stretching into the Gulf of Mexico, with the Mississippi running, like a ropy blue vein, down the center.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 25, 2019
After Long gave him back his scalpel at the pivotal moment, Carson severed the primary thin blue vein that connected the twins.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2015
I can trace your life in each blue vein.
From Time Magazine Archive
We learned that Tad Schmitt found a bright blue vein of gas still burning when he was clearing rubble from what used to be the school’s crawl space.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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