How to Use bloodstream in a Sentence

bloodstream

noun
  • The drug is now entering the bloodstream.
  • So, yeast found in the bloodstream or mold in the lungs.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Fans are the bloodstream of sports and they should be cherished.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 20 May 2022
  • The gene keeps iron in a bat's bloodstream and out of the intestines.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The calories from these foods don’t stay in the bloodstream for long.
    — David S. Ludwig, STAT, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The hormones pass from the patch through the skin and into the bloodstream.
    — Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Gout is caused by high levels of uric acid building up in the bloodstream over time.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
  • When there’s not enough or any insulin, blood sugar builds up in the bloodstream.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • 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 lymph system acts as the waste removal system for our bloodstream.
    — Sarah Han, Allure, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The buildup of lactate in the bloodstream is often blamed, but that is simply not true.
    — Richard A. Lovett, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Then your body absorbs the simple sugars, which make their way to your bloodstream.
    — Julie Stewart, SELF, 25 Mar. 2021
  • That fluid lives inside your cells, between them and in the bloodstream.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Oxygen moves from the lungs to the bloodstream, as carbon dioxide flows back to the lungs.
    — Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021
  • The tiny particles can lodge deep in a person’s lungs, even their bloodstream.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • The partners sometimes even share a bloodstream, which helps sustain the male.
    — Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The tiny particles lodge deep in a person’s lungs, even their bloodstream.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Studies have found that the more bile acids build up in the bloodstream, the higher the risk of stillbirth.
    — Christina Caron, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Without fiber to slow absorption, juice hits the bloodstream faster.
    — Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Fiber helps slow how quickly sugar enters your bloodstream.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 5 Mar. 2026
  • As the man bent down to dispose of the snake, the snake’s head bit him and sent venom into his bloodstream.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2025
  • When most mammals hold their breath, CO2 builds up in the bloodstream.
    — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
  • This means less cholesterol is absorbed into the bloodstream.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The main clue to what lets melanoma cells metastasize was that those that do chow down on lactate in the bloodstream.
    — Sharon Begley, STAT, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The ferritin test is a blood test that measures ferritin levels in the bloodstream.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Some glucose is stored in the liver, but most is released into the bloodstream.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Insulin has to work harder when a large amount of sugar hits the bloodstream quickly.
    — Brittany Poulson, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2026

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