Examples of bloodline in a Sentence
came from a bloodline that could be traced back to the 12th century
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Can money, in fact, change your bloodlines?
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
What counts as the family bloodline if Death can take out this many Cunninghams at once?
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
As the consequences of that initial act spread through the household, the story develops through status, bloodline and resentment, building into a period drama centered on betrayal, ambition and the struggle for position within the family.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
At the dinner table, surrounded by financiers, politicians, and tech founders, the conversation drifts casually toward breeding, inheritance, and the preservation of elite bloodlines, revealing the worldview quietly underwriting the entire power structure.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
What counts as the family bloodline if Death can take out this many Cunninghams at once?
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
As the consequences of that initial act spread through the household, the story develops through status, bloodline and resentment, building into a period drama centered on betrayal, ambition and the struggle for position within the family.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
At the dinner table, surrounded by financiers, politicians, and tech founders, the conversation drifts casually toward breeding, inheritance, and the preservation of elite bloodlines, revealing the worldview quietly underwriting the entire power structure.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Bloodline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodline. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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bloodline
noun
blood·line
-ˌlīn 
: a sequence of direct ancestors especially in a pedigree
also
: family sense 2, strain sense 1a
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