How to Use bloodline in a Sentence

bloodline

noun
  • Roush has the smarts and the bloodlines.
    — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • And yet, our founders didn’t start with a map or a bloodline.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Can money, in fact, change your bloodlines?
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Reigns and Fatu come from the same bloodline of Samoan pro wrestlers.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
  • Gunner's hunting bloodline proved out over the next nine years.
    — Steve Meyer, Alaska Dispatch News, 20 Sep. 2017
  • What happens when this kind of power is handed down through bloodlines.
    — refinery29.com, 1 June 2018
  • Me, a man with Viking bloodlines who sweats during snowstorms.
    — Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 6 May 2017
  • That was the name of the bloodline that gave each family magic and, with it, the right to rule.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Virgo knows every beat and bloodline of her solid gold heart, and doesn’t give it away for free.
    — Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 2 July 2018
  • One enters to end the bloodline … One mission.
    — Ilena Peng, Fortune, 13 June 2026
  • Lapham's passion for growing food has evolved, although the seed was planted in his bloodline.
    — Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Shannara follows a half-human/half-elf named Wil who is the last of his mighty bloodline.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 10 Feb. 2017
  • Trump obsesses over bloodlines too.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Bernhardt’s bloodline tells the story of his passion and his success.
    — Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Maybe their bloodline spirits crossed, perhaps hundreds of years ago across a highland moor, their prey the red grouse.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Male heirs and bloodlines were socially important at the time.
    — Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Tapit has sired three of the past five Belmont winners, and the bloodlines are strong on the female side, too.
    — courant.com, 7 June 2019
  • But with those bloodlines comes some expectation.
    — Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And through the Sintashta’s breeding, a new equine bloodline emerged.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
  • Scooter was the last to emerge from the Lenox bloodline and etched his name in the record books in a variety of ways.
    — Ted Dunnam, Houston Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2020
  • This time, the alarm bells weren’t being rung solely by someone who came from outside the royal bloodline.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The Manning name sells itself, but the hype and talent appear to match the bloodline.
    — Doug Kezirian, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • In fact, the goalkeeper mindset runs in the Beaudry bloodline — his dad once wore the gloves himself.
    — Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 14 June 2024
  • What counts as the family bloodline if Death can take out this many Cunninghams at once?
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
  • One of the better receivers still on the board at the end of the draft, Weah’s bloodlines are fascinating.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Given the title, the Skywalker bloodline will have a crucial role to play.
    — Sheraz Farooqi, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Could that be partly the source of Mona’s resentment toward Beau and his bloodline?
    — Vulture, 13 June 2023
  • But like so many African Americans, her bloodline is deeply connected to the state.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 13 July 2020
  • Since that fateful day, he has been forced to bear witness to all the weddings in Marianne's bloodline.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
  • These are the signals that should earn your attention — and none of them involve jockeys, trainers, or bloodlines.
    — Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2026

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