How to Use by blood in a Sentence
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Some were found to have been pierced by bullets and stained by blood.
—Steve Maas, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
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Friends aren’t tied to us by blood, like family, or an oath, like a spouse.
—Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2024
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Low blood pressure is when the force exerted by blood on artery walls is low.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 16 Aug. 2025
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Doctors were able to figure out that his heart attack was caused by blood clots and removed them.
—Essence, 2 Oct. 2021
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Family isn't measured by blood, it's measured by what's in your heart.
—Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 28 Apr. 2023
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My tribe requires that members be at least one-eighth Jamestown S'Klallam by blood.
—Leah Myers, The Atlantic, 21 June 2023
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But the term is also apt given that Migos were a trio related by blood.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2022
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She also is first seen in the film unclogging a toilet with her bare hands, and by the end, she’s stained by blood more than once.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
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Johnson also had two strokes, two pulmonary embolisms caused by blood clots in his legs, and pneumonia.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
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Taquet suspects these effects could have been caused by blood clots in the lungs, which can also lead to low oxygen levels in the brain.
—Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2023
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Having plants around the workspace also reduced stress as measured by blood pressure readings.
—Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 21 July 2022
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Those striking results were marred by blood cancers that arose in three out of 67 patients who received eli-cel.
—Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2022
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Walk to celebrate, honor and remember those touched by blood cancers.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2024
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Increasing your iron intake can help reduce heavy bleeding and prevent anemia caused by blood loss.
—Noel Cody, Essence, 9 Dec. 2020
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This occurs by blood capillaries growing through old bone, which is dissolved and replaced by new bone.
—Roger S. Seymour, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
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The big question is exactly how humans will be affected by blood chemistry changes.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
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Our relationship is a friendship, attached by love and bound by blood, with enough pictures to fill five scrapbooks at this point.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2022
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There was a lot of interference because of noise created by blood flowing through the vein where the electrode comes to rest.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Feb. 2016
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Her minions proceed to spread news that dragons are now available for long-term lease to anyone who might be Targaryen by blood.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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Sanders added that there are other ways to help, too, including by blood donation and bone marrow donation.
—Fox News, 26 Mar. 2022
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Leaves sprout out of Kinnear’s forehead accompanied by blood, and rage.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 23 May 2022
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The officers saw a man lying under the seats of a subway car, not moving and surrounded by blood, the report said.
—Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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Decades later, testing during the appeal process showed the stains weren’t made by blood, but some inorganic substance.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
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The lungs, legs, liver and kidneys can also be affected by blood clots, the Mayo Clinic says.
—Steve Almasy, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
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The women, linked by blood, share an unfortunate propensity to become involved with ne’er-do-well men.
—Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2020
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The agency announced plans for the change in January and said this week the new approach can now be implemented by blood banks.
—Matthew Perrone, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
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Her worried mother climbed through a window at her apartment and discovered her daughter's nude body on the floor, surrounded by blood.
—CBS News, 15 June 2024
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Set across different times, these stories explore identity, bound by blood and a life-changing decision.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
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Following a loud noise that made her ears ring, the mother got up and found the boy lying on the couch surrounded by blood and a firearm by his face, the agency detailed.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024
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Succession was about the people adjacent to Logan Roy, by paycheck or by blood.
—Carrie Wittmer, Men's Health, 29 May 2023
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