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

It was reset with medication injected through his veins.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

This allows doctors and researchers to see blood vessels in optical color and observe blood flow through arteries and veins.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

Big picture: Rising wholesale indicate there’s still an abnormal amount of inflationary pressures coursing through the veins of the U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

But there’s a biological reason: Sea turtles are cold-blooded, and don’t heal as fast as creatures with warm blood pumping through their veins.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

The center of the glasses had giant eyeballs painted on with circles of red veins.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney