How to Use clot in a Sentence

clot

1 of 2 noun

• We were told that his stroke was caused by a clot in his brain.
• So what about the risk of clots on these longer flights?
  — Tony Schiemer, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
• What if the clot had been larger and hadn’t moved through?
  — Ken Budd, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
• At the time, the medical team wasn’t sure how the clot formed in her brain.
  — Serena Coady, SELF, 28 Apr. 2022
• Colton still had the blood clot and damage to his brain.
  — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
• This type of stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain.
  — Alyssa Hui, Health.com, 15 Mar. 2022
• The cause of death was reported as a blood clot in her lungs.
  — Samantha Drake, Country Living, 29 Nov. 2022
• The model added that her symptoms were caused by a small blood clot.
  — Serena Coady, SELF, 28 Apr. 2022
• There, scans showed that the cancer had caused a giant blood clot in her lungs.
  — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
• If on the right side, where this patient’s mass was seen, the clot would travel to the lung, cutting off blood flow there.
  — New York Times, 13 July 2022
• This makes blood thicker and raises blood pressure, boosting the risk of clots in the brain.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
• Fetterman had the most common kind of stroke, caused by clots that block a blood vessel to the brain.
  — Lindsey Tanner, Fortune Well, 17 Feb. 2023
• Both are used by the body to form clots to reduce bleeding when injured.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
• They are only used if the risk of a blood clot (especially in the lungs, heart or brain) is high.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 6 July 2022
• Sanchez had the operation after a clot got stuck in the device in 2017.
  — Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2021
• In March, the model, 25, had a ministroke after a blood clot traveled from her heart to her brain.
  — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022
• His cause of death was a blood clot issue, his family said.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022
• Taking aspirin stops those platelets from causing clots in the first place.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 31 Aug. 2023
• The traditional method is to dissolve the clot that has blocked blood flow to the brain or to repair a ruptured artery.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 20 Oct. 2022
• Blood is always poised and ready to clot, and clots can form if the forward movement of blood becomes too slow.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2023
• In late June, one of the surgeries required doctors to get to his legs through his groin to relieve clots in his thighs and knees.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
• Sometimes, the blood clot is the first indication that one of these states exists.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2021
• But when a mother’s blood vessels are disturbed, platelets show up to heal the area by forming clots.
  — Sadia Rafiquddin, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023
• The blood clot itself that forms in one part of the body, breaks off and then travels elsewhere is called an embolus.
  — Daryl Perry, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
• Two months later, a blood clot in her thigh landed her in the intensive care unit.
  — Jeff Horwitz, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2021
• Deep vein thrombosis occurs when a blood clot forms in at least one but sometimes more of the deep veins in your body.
  — Essence, 2 Oct. 2021
• Ischemic strokes, caused by a clot in the blood vessels that feed blood to the brain, account for 87% of all strokes, according to the statement.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 May 2023
• Hartman missed the season opener while dealing with a blood clot.
  — Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2022
• The major arteries that supply the heart with blood and oxygen get plugged up with a clot, causing a block in flow.
  — Christopher Desimone, M.d., Ph.d. Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• In March, his wife Hailey Bieber was hospitalized due to a small blood clot in her brain.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 10 June 2022

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clot

2 of 2 verb

• But get bitten by the same species in the mountains of the same county and your blood will clot.
  — Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
• Weeds and tall grass clotted the site as deer and wild turkey roamed the grounds.
  — Desperation Town, ProPublica, 11 May 2020
• When there is a wounded area on the body, the natural response is for platelets in the blood to clot to plug the wound.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
• It has also been shown that blood tends to clot more quickly in the morning.
  — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
• Because of her low platelet count, her blood was unable to clot.
  — Shannon Shelton Miller, Glamour, 10 Nov. 2020
• Tugged from the cold mud, the leeks are gathered into piles, and the white stringy roots, clotted with earth, severed.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 11 May 2022
• Mud streaked with mining muck clotted the soles of our boots.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• Certain treatments can lower the number of platelets (the cells that help your blood to clot and stop bleeding) in the blood.
  — Korin Miller, Health.com, 23 Oct. 2020
• Since the 1980s, the French Room has been serving tea sandwiches along with scones, jams, clotted cream and desserts.
  — Rebecca White, Dallas News, 16 July 2019
• Her platelets — clotting cells within the blood — were dwindling.
  — Kate Thayer, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
• The nanorobots were made from sheets of DNA rolled into tubes containing a blood-clotting drug.
  — NBC News, 30 Mar. 2018
• The second problem is that if the atria don’t contract, the blood can pool and clot, putting a person at risk for embolism.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 17 June 2021
• The researchers showed that the nanorobots only targeted the tumors and didn’t cause clotting elsewhere in the body.
  — NBC News, 30 Mar. 2018
• Recreate the experience at home with jam, clotted cream, scones, and of course, a hot pot of tea.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2020
• Your mind and body need to be free of toxins, otherwise the energy in your body will clot.
  — Kamakshi Ayyar, Time, 20 June 2018
• Blood tests over the next three days tracked erythritol levels and clotting risk.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 27 Feb. 2023
• Low blood oxygen caused by pneumonia can make the blood more likely to clot, the researchers said.
  — Maggie Fox, CNN, 10 July 2020
• But docs found a clotting disorder and put him on blood thinners.
  — Marty Munson, Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
• Gay sat in my rental car and led me the rest of the way, over washboard roads that turned into something like a dry riverbed, clotted with boulders and jagged rock.
  — Jennifer Percy, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018
• So grab your hat (or fascinator), pour a cup of coffee (or tea), and slather a scone with lemon curd or clotted cream.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2018
• The saliva of a vampire bat contains an anti-clotting agent called desmoteplase, which is used to protect against strokes.
  — Justin Jacobs, Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2017
• The results of blood work taken during a routine physical showed that Park's platelets (cells that help clot the blood) were very low.
  — Amy Capetta, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2017
• Toast the happy couple and eat your fill of scones, finger sandwiches, clotted cream and cakes at prices from $43 to $94 per person.
  — Rosemary McClure, latimes.com, 13 May 2018
• The condition involves blood clots accompanied by a low level of platelets — the components in the blood that help it to clot.
  — NBC News, 12 May 2021
• My wife hails from the west of England and is smitten by the delicate pleasures of Devonshire clotted cream.
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2017
• The robust literature of death and dying is clotted with our clichés.
  — Parul Sehgal, New York Times, 26 June 2018
• When a flea bites into flesh, the body responds by clotting blood to prevent bleeding and promote healing.
  — Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2015
• To treat the bleeding, doctors use high doses of vitamin K, up to 30 tablets a day for up to six months, which can help restore the blood's ability to clot.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 25 Apr. 2018
• The school sits off of 42nd Street and Mitthoeffer Road, surrounded by a clump of gas stations and roads clotted with potholes.
  — Caroline Anders, Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2020
• Too little and their blood can clot, causing another heart attack or stroke.
  — Ellen Gabler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024