How to Use arterial in a Sentence

arterial

1 of 2 adjective
  • Blood pressure is the force that the blood exerts against the arterial walls.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Grant received an arterial graft, taking a vein out of his left leg to give him a new popliteal artery in his right.
    — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
  • He was diagnosed with three femoral arterial blood clots, which were cutting off blood flow to his left foot.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Brighten it for a fresh oxygen-rich arterial spurt.
    — Mark Hay, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
  • After the cloud bursts, a crackling web of lacy, arterial threads spread throughout the sky.
    — Deborah Vankin Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
  • When threatened, the animal clamps down on the veins that drain blood from its head while arterial blood keeps pumping in.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
  • But hose require big IVs and arterial catheters to use, so there’s some danger in that.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 1 Apr. 2020
  • As in your case, arterial testing (that’s what your vein specialist did) is normal.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 4 Nov. 2021
  • There will be no parking allowed on any of Racine's arterial or collector streets.
    — Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2022
  • One of the main plans was to add more sidewalks to the downtown area, as well as arterial streets becoming wider, Richey said.
    — Lynn Kutter, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2022
  • For those who are, the effect is more like sitting on a slowly deflating whoopee cushion soaked in arterial spray.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Even short trips could have consequences as side streets and non-main arterial roads are often the last to be treated against ice, or have snow removed.
    — oregonlive, 22 Dec. 2022
  • But the 55-foot-wide carriage drive of Olmsted’s day is now a six-lane arterial road.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 4 Aug. 2022
  • But those who need to get from place to place, like from home to work and back again, often have little choice but to ride along high-speed arterial roads and on sidewalks.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • This decreases the pressure exerted by the blood on the arterial walls.
    — Amber Sayer, Health, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Six-lane arterial roads like the one Linton raced through can encourage drivers to blow past speed limits.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The key is using heavyweights of at least 60% of max to assault the muscle and occlude arterial blood flow.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2022
  • Wounds range from diabetic foot ulcers to venous and arterial ulcers and bed sores.
    — Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Leavitt also said there was no evidence of deep vein thrombosis (a type of blood clot) or arterial disease.
    — Cate Martel, The Hill, 18 July 2025
  • Symptoms of arterial worm in deer A golfball- to grapefruit-sized lump in a deer’s mouth is a classic sign of arterial worm.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Many arterial roads were blocked in the region, including large parts of State Route 40.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC news, 12 Dec. 2025
  • All of the body’s arteries -- from the aorta, the main arterial blood vessel, down through to the toes -- can be blocked by cholesterol and calcium plaques.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 June 2021
  • His cause of death was atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, in which plaque builds up in arterial walls and can lead to a heart attack.
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Microplastics have also been found in human blood, placentas, lungs, and arterial plaque.
    — Justin Zorn, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Experts point to a range of factors in these deaths, with more happening at night or on arterial roads, and issues like speed and distraction playing a role.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Leavitt said there was no evidence of deep vein thrombosis — a type of blood clot — or arterial disease, which can include blockages.
    — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 17 July 2025
  • Recent research has found microplastics in humans, including in the lungs, arterial plaques and brains.
    — Ryan Brennan may 22, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
  • The large, multi-lane roads with few crosswalks and higher speed limits, also called arterial roads, are where most of the fatal car accidents take place.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The site of Brown’s family house—which burned down a hundred years ago—was in the woods, up a somnolent arterial road named for Brown.
    — John Lahr, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Compression stockings are pretty safe, but should not be worn by people with serious reduction in arterial blood flow to the legs.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2023

arterial

2 of 2 noun
  • Instead, along the way, the load may be highjacked and end up in the arterial wall.
    — Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Cars could still travel on those crucial arterials as well as on Westlake, but not on the side streets in between.
    — Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Indian Trail is a major arterial in the city through both the East and West sides.
    — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Previously, the closest playground was across a busy arterial and nearly a mile away.
    — Helen Wolt, Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 June 2017
  • The high-speed arterial couplets are great at moving large volumes of regional traffic.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 5 Mar. 2018
  • San Diego’s traffic study shows car traffic volumes have been declining for years and do not merit a four-lane arterial.
    — Ian Hembree, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Engineers built its arterials to transport cars, and quickly.
    — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 11 May 2018
  • The train derailment Monday spilled cars onto the highway and closed the southbound lanes of the state's main north-south arterial.
    — CBS News, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Tensor will not be able to drive every street upon release, but plans to handle a worthwhile subset, such as highways and arterials in non-snowy places.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The town feels like any Midwestern suburb that’s lost its center — sprawling arterials, strip malls, some low rise motels with neon signs.
    — Pam Mandel, Longreads, 5 June 2018
  • That’s because all of Seattle’s central-city arterials are marked and usually have much more traffic.
    — Jessica Lee, The Seattle Times, 12 June 2017
  • The site also must have access to an arterial or higher classification road.
    — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2018
  • This map from the Portland Bureau of Transportation shows all non-arterial streets.
    — Elliot Njus, OregonLive.com, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Both the neighborhood roads and the major arterials are full of potholes, cracks and spot repairs for problems where a total resurfacing should have been applied.
    — baltimoresun.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • In rare instances, neck movements can lead to cervicocephalic arterial dissection and then stroke.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Major cities tend to manage the intersections, arterials and urban segments that connect to state highways.
    — Mark Pittman, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Two-way traffic reopened on 23rd Avenue, a major arterial, early last year.
    — Michelle Baruchman, The Seattle Times, 11 Sep. 2018
  • Principal arterials, freeways and expressways made up more than 36% of the total.
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Here’s what the facility, located on a busy arterial crowded with large commercial vehicles, has looked like this week.
    — David Williams, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
  • Group 1 is pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare and severe version that occurs when blood vessels in the lungs narrow and stiffen.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 June 2026
  • The cardiac imaging test, which looks at the heart and its blood vessels, showed no evidence of arterial narrowing, Barbabella wrote.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The road is a county highway, and over the years the county began planning it as a major arterial through the western edge of Kane's urban corridor.
    — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 1 June 2017
  • Haynes said the Better Naito analysis raises questions about how the city will handle changes to major arterials elsewhere.
    — Andrew Theen, OregonLive.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Because the fire is being allowed to burn out, the closure along Santa Fe, a busy arterial, could be prolonged, Assell said.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
  • By the 1990s, an arterial switch replaced the atrial switch, with seemingly better outcomes.
    — Tara Haelle, Washington Post, 4 June 2017
  • Currently, the average speed limit on arterial streets is between 35 to 45 mph.
    — Paulina Pineda, azcentral, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Indeed, the fee is supposed to go towards such things as helping build a new interchange on Highway 50, a major arterial four miles away by the nearest road.
    — James Burling, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
  • There is no evidence of arterial narrowing impairing blood flow or abnormalities in the heart or major vessels.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • There is no evidence of arterial narrowing impairing blood flow or abnormalities in the heart or major vessels.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
  • City data shows that 60% of fatal and serious crashes occur on just 7% of roadways, mainly high-traffic arterials.
    — Ascend Agency, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2026

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