as in manner
a distinctive way of putting ideas into words
the author goes on in that sarcastic vein for pages
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Bulky IVs of high-dose chemotherapy pumped through my veins for nearly a year.
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Maria Yogoda, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2024
Upon his Kafkaesque arrest and inexplicable 15-year imprisonment, Choi’s Oh Dae-su is an amnesiac hero in the vein of Jason Bourne, carrying the film by serving as a stand-in for any vengeful impulses that his audiences might harbor.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
Tendler hired an artisan to tile the ceiling of one room, in the vein of 19th-century architect Rafael Guastavino, whose vaulted marvels include the Grand Central Oyster Bar.
—Eliza Brooke, Architectural Digest, 10 Aug. 2024
The vinyl box contains a unique Green Day flag and a red necktie in the vein of the one featured in the American Idiot artwork.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 Aug. 2024
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Maria Yogoda, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2024
Upon his Kafkaesque arrest and inexplicable 15-year imprisonment, Choi’s Oh Dae-su is an amnesiac hero in the vein of Jason Bourne, carrying the film by serving as a stand-in for any vengeful impulses that his audiences might harbor.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
Tendler hired an artisan to tile the ceiling of one room, in the vein of 19th-century architect Rafael Guastavino, whose vaulted marvels include the Grand Central Oyster Bar.
—Eliza Brooke, Architectural Digest, 10 Aug. 2024
The vinyl box contains a unique Green Day flag and a red necktie in the vein of the one featured in the American Idiot artwork.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Vein.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vein. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.
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