How to Use bloodstream in a Sentence

bloodstream

noun
  • The drug is now entering the bloodstream.
  • 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
  • Enzymes in the bloodstream chew it up in a matter of minutes.
    Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023
  • These tiny particles can get lodged in the lungs and move into the bloodstream.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 24 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The tiny particles can lodge deep in a person’s lungs, even their bloodstream.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2023
  • This refers to how well nutrients from a food can be absorbed into the bloodstream.
    Kelly Conaboy, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
  • When a person uses delta-8, it is absorbed into the bloodstream and then stored in fat cells.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The finest particles can pass into the bloodstream and beyond.
    IEEE Spectrum, 27 Sep. 2023
  • This happens when fluid that is pulled into the bloodstream to dilute glucose comes from the lenses of the eyes.
    Gary Gilles, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2023
  • When under stress, the fat cells break down, releasing a blitz of cannabinoids into the bloodstream.
    Molly Sullivan, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The edited cells are then infused back into the patient’s bloodstream.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2023
  • There, the fat converts to ketones and releases back into the bloodstream.
    Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Once produced, the hormone enters the bloodstream and fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
    Elana Spivack, Scientific American, 5 May 2023
  • When cortisol gets pumped into the bloodstream, the hormone blocks the uptake of sugar in most cells throughout the body.
    Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2023
  • It gets paired with proteins and hitches a ride on them so it can get ferried throughout your bloodstream.
    Amy Norton, SELF, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Instead of being carried out when a person exhales, it can get stuck in the lungs or go into the bloodstream.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The cells were then infused back into Lubin's bloodstream.
    Jon Lapook, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Deaths can occur when the bacteria enter the bloodstream.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Bacteria and other germs can get into a patient’s bloodstream during the process, the CDC said.
    Dominique Mosbergen, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Once in the water supply or food chain, they can then be ingested by humans and enter the bloodstream.
    Jamie Hailstone, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The bacteria enter the bloodstream through a cut in the skin, usually on the foot or ankle as people wade through water.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2023
  • But when lots of sugar enter your bloodstream at once, the pancreas releases lots of insulin to try and keep up.
    Lindsey Desoto, Health, 29 June 2023
  • Some drugs can become concentrated in fat tissues and not in the bloodstream.
    Jonel Aleccia, Fortune Well, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The mentality of the NFL itself has seeped into its bloodstream.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2023

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