How to Use vascular in a Sentence

vascular

adjective
  • That disease plugs up the vascular system and the plant dies.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 12 Mar. 2020
  • The vascular surgery clinic can be the bridge, Dua said.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 8 June 2026
  • This process seals the wound from pathogens that can damage the inner vascular system.
    — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
  • These types of vascular tumors are benign, but mine had burst, and blood was pooling in my brain.
    — Danielle Soviero, Bon Appétit, 30 June 2022
  • Is that an aneurysm waiting to burst, or a harmless vascular variant?
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Today, the hospital’s heart and vascular unit is named for him.
    — David Heath, USA Today, 17 June 2021
  • The antlers of both bucks were still in full velvet, which is a vascular skin that bucks will begin shedding in the fall.
    — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Miller's surgery called for vascular specialists to be called in to repair the damage to his leg.
    — Scooby Axson, SI.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Looking at the leaves, the tree appears to have some kind of vascular infection, as well.
    — oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The group showed that in a mouse model, the vaccine did increase vascular leakage.
    — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 22 Apr. 2021
  • An X-ray found no fractures or vascular injuries in her hand, which was put in a finger splint.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The results of a vascular laser can vary depending on the patient.
    — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 29 June 2017
  • Early researchers thought it might be used to improve the vascular system.
    — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2022
  • An ultrasound confirmed the bleeding, and a vascular surgeon was called in to try to stop it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
  • Cook said there have been two instances of officers using vascular neck restraints in the last five years.
    — Dallas News, 9 June 2020
  • The vascular system shunts more blood toward the skin, where it can be cooled by breeze or evaporating sweat.
    — Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 30 July 2025
  • Some physicians have critiqued the focus on more milder vascular disease, which can have a range of symptoms.
    — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Or ask a neighbor, who will tell you that these guys suck the juices from plants' vascular systems and drain the plant of some of its nutrients.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 5 July 2018
  • In all 12 cases, the cause of death was found within the lungs or the pulmonary vascular system.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 6 May 2020
  • The class will cover what vascular dementia is, its causes and what folks can do to help prevent the disease.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Pits on these tracheids (black) allow water to pass in and out of the cells and into the vascular system.
    — Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Our bodies need a vascular system to bring oxygen and nutrients to the cells and organs.
    — Geri Stengel, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The fungus spreads like proverbial wildfire, clogging up the plant’s vascular system, and killing it.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Allen said dosing errors could be avoided by training more vascular medicine doctors.
    — David Cox, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The endothelium lines our vessels and is closely linked to vascular health.
    — Teresa Maalouf, Verywell Health, 12 June 2026
  • The cause was atherosclerotic vascular disease, said a son-in-law, James Onken.
    — Washington Post, 13 June 2018
  • The cause was vascular dementia, said Tony Platt, a longtime friend.
    — New York Times, 29 June 2021
  • The vascular neck restraint puts pressure on the carotid arteries, reducing blood flow to the brain.
    — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The near-boiling water causes all the water in the vascular elements to heat up and expand and force the air out.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Nitrogen might help, even to the point of having the arborist inject it into the vascular system of the tree.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 11 June 2020

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