How to Use artery in a Sentence

artery

noun
  • He favors local side roads over major arteries.
  • The aorta is the main artery that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of the body and brain.
    Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • If Nch’i-Wána is the main artery of the land, those streams are like the veins that feed it.
    Deepa Bharath, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The Brent Spence Bridge is a major artery for freight in the country.
    Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
  • An aorta is the large artery that carries the blood from the heart through the chest and torso.
    Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
  • For example, the carotid artery is in the neck and the radial artery is in the wrist.
    Vincent Iannelli, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • The brachial artery, inside the elbow where the bicep meets the forearm.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • In times of stress or exertion, the blood flow in one artery would cut off.
    Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Surgeons go up into the veins, gaining access to the artery at the top of the leg.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The brachial artery, inside the elbow where the bicep meets the forearm.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
  • Riley, look at Daddy, says a man to a toddler in the artery.
    Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • And the long footbridge crossing that’s like an artery into the city.
    Julia Sammut With Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 3 July 2024
  • The shark punctured the kneecap and just missed a nearby artery, Borrego said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 May 2024
  • The easiest places to find a pulse are either the brachial artery (in your wrist) or the carotid artery (in your neck).
    Trisha Pasricha, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • Cary Street is Richmond's main artery of shops and restaurants.
    Paige Porter Fischer, Southern Living, 3 May 2024
  • An artery in my lung had ruptured and that is what was causing the bleeding.
    Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2023
  • One way this can happen is when an artery becomes blocked due to a blood clot.
    Cara Beth Lee, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Torres then ties the artery off, and sutures the incision closed.
    Eleanor Cummins, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The popliteal artery can be felt by pressing into the soft area behind each knee.
    Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024
  • AVMs are made up of arteries and veins, which can burst inside the brain.
    Alyssa Hui, Health, 12 Apr. 2023
  • During surgery, a doctor nicked an artery, which was then stitched up.
    Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Northbound lanes of the major traffic artery up the East Coast were locked down after the shots were fired.
    Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The river will be its arteries, flowing both to and from it.
    Deborah Johnson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2023
  • His April shooting left him with two bullet holes in his thigh, an inch from an artery.
    Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2024
  • On Beale Street, Mr. Nichols took in the bright lights of the city’s cultural artery, where blues and rock ’n’ roll spill out onto the streets at night.
    Eliza Fawcett, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The 10 freeway is a major artery in Los Angeles and the region.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • An artery in his lung had ruptured, and doctors were unable to stop the bleeding.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Stents help reduce the risk of the artery closing off after the procedure.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Partial or full blockages of the arteries can lead to conditions such as stroke and coronary heart disease, which can cause arrhythmia, cardiac arrest or heart failure.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
  • However, significant traffic gridlock was expected in this major artery for trucks bringing goods to and from the harbor.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024

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