veins

Cultural  

1. Blood vessels that return blood from the body tissues to the heart. (Compare arteries; see circulatory system.)

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Example Sentences

Ultrasounds of his veins showed that the president has “chronic venous insufficiency,” according to a memo.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rupert's been described to me, at 94, as still "the sharpest person in the room" and a "phenomenon who loves papers and has ink in his veins".

From BBC

In earlier studies, scientists sometimes inserted catheters into veins in a patient's neck to collect blood as it left the brain.

From Science Daily

In addition to preternatural skill, you need icewater in your veins to do that.

From The Wall Street Journal

She closes her eyes as the veins in her skin glow like lava.

From Literature