How to Use bloodstream in a Sentence

bloodstream

noun
  • The drug is now entering the bloodstream.
  • The gene keeps iron in a bat's bloodstream and out of the intestines.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Fans are the bloodstream of sports and they should be cherished.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 20 May 2022
  • Dopamine only lasts a minute or two in the bloodstream.
    Megan Molteni, STAT, 12 July 2021
  • That meant most of the medication didn’t make it to the bloodstream — much less to the nose.
    Christina Jewett, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Like smoking, cannaboids pass through the lungs and into the bloodstream.
    Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Studies have found that the more bile acids build up in the bloodstream, the higher the risk of stillbirth.
    Christina Caron, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • When most mammals hold their breath, CO2 builds up in the bloodstream.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Oxygen moves from the lungs to the bloodstream, as carbon dioxide flows back to the lungs.
    Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021
  • The fumes from the exhaust pipe got into his bloodstream.
    Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Enzymes in the bloodstream chew it up in a matter of minutes.
    Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Then, the cells are infused back into the bloodstream through an IV.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • These tiny particles can get lodged in the lungs and move into the bloodstream.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Gout is caused by high levels of uric acid building up in the bloodstream over time.
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The cup remains in the mouth for a few minutes, enough time for the drug to dissolve in saliva and enter the bloodstream.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The partners sometimes even share a bloodstream, which helps sustain the male.
    Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Most donors give stem cells that are harvested from the bloodstream before the blood is returned to the body.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The bad cells then spill out of the marrow into the bloodstream and across the immune and nervous systems.
    Max G. Levy, Wired, 10 Feb. 2022
  • This slows the release of blood sugar into the bloodstream.
    Yvelette Stines, Verywell Health, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Salmonella may spread from the intestines to the bloodstream and then to other places in the body.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Salmonella may spread from the intestines to the bloodstream, and then to other places in the body.
    Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Other foods may raise the CRP in your bloodstream instead.
    Beth Krietsch, SELF, 29 Sep. 2020
  • The virus may get to the brain through the olfactory bulb — which regulates smell — through the eyes or even from the bloodstream.
    Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2020
  • The lymph system acts as the waste removal system for our bloodstream.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 15 Sep. 2020
  • This must be the exact sound heard when the Covid-19 vaccine enters one’s bloodstream.
    New York Times, 18 Dec. 2020
  • When inhaled, the particles can travel to the lungs and bloodstream.
    The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The liquid in which the stem cells are frozen — once in the bloodstream, circulated through the lungs, and breathed out — creates a nasty taste.
    Brittany Trang, STAT, 13 Dec. 2023
  • But many other mRNA medicines have to find their way to a specific site in the body via the bloodstream.
    Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The key difference is that these drugs, due to clever chemical engineering, last in the bloodstream for a solid week, rather than just a single day.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • Sepsis occurs when an infection spreads to the bloodstream, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
    Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2025

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