How to Use jugular vein in a Sentence

jugular vein

noun
  • Missed his jugular vein on both sides of his neck by the grace of God.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
  • There were tubes and probes in his lungs, arteries and jugular vein.
    — David Benoit, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2020
  • And yes, the entrance into the body is through the jugular vein to get there.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2024
  • One wound was four inches deep and severed her carotid artery and jugular vein.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The Quran says that God is closer to a man than his jugular vein.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The machine then pumped the blood back into the jugular vein in Kelsey's neck.
    — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • He was hit on the head seven times, stabbed 27 times, and his jugular vein was severed.
    — David R. Cameron, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024
  • She had been stabbed once in the neck, which severed her jugular vein and carotid artery, the Post reports.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The stent-like device is threaded through a small slit in the neck up through the jugular vein and pushed into the brain.
    — WIRED, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Saunders said Mariah’s jugular vein and carotid artery had been cut in the attack.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Doctors found damage to Lee's jugular vein, the spokesperson said at the time.
    — Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Neely was shot between his right shoulder and neck, missing the jugular vein and spine by a fraction of an inch.
    — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Glover fired four times, striking Awad three times, including a shot that pierced his jugular vein.
    — Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Sandy Scheuer, who was just passing through the area on her way to class, was struck by a bullet that hit her jugular vein.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • From there, someone with this infection might develop a blood clot in their jugular vein.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 6 Nov. 2018
  • The infection can cause a blood clot can form in the internal jugular vein in the neck and then spread throughout the body.
    — Jurairat J. Molina, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The front of the neck—on the sides of the throat—is where the carotid arteries and jugular veins lie, Neira explained.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The slashing cut his jugular vein and injured his thyroid cartilage.
    — NBC News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The second wound was on the front side of the neck, measured 4 cm long and penetrated the carotid artery and the jugular vein.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 3 Mar. 2020
  • From the ground, doctors who saw the images noticed that there didn’t appear to be any blood flow in the astronaut’s left jugular vein.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 13 Feb. 2020
  • But Beijing will never completely cut the regime’s jugular vein, experts say.
    — Simon Denyer, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2017
  • They are most commonly put into one of the jugular veins in the neck or the subclavian vein under the collarbone.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 23 June 2023
  • Miller testified that Gallagher stabbed the detainee twice in the right side of the neck in the vicinity of the jugular vein.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2019
  • His jugular vein was slashed and the hallway in which his killers trapped him was so saturated with blood that detectives had to build a makeshift ramp to get to the body.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The bullet entered de Young’s mouth, tore through his throat on a downward trajectory and severed his jugular vein.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Sebastian Junger The doctor was busy trying to put a large-gauge needle into my jugular vein through my neck.
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 25 May 2024
  • Also, a single blood draw from a jugular vein revealed the presence of Bacillus bacteria.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2017
  • Next the funeral director makes a small incision near the clavicle, to access the jugular vein and carotid artery.
    — Mark Evely, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2020
  • By measuring the pulsation of the carotid artery and the jugular vein, the system calculates the wearer’s heart rate and blood pressure.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 May 2023
  • In 2010, a rooster killed its owner by slashing his jugular vein in West Bengal state.
    — Fox News, 2 Mar. 2021

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