How to Use veiny in a Sentence
veiny
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When repotting, ensure the succulent roots appear light in color, are long enough to hold dirt, and are veiny.
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Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
10 Feb. 2026
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At the top of the frame is the father’s veiny hand, tenderly brushing rubble away from the infant’s forehead.
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Taran Dugal,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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The living room is Wedgwood blue and accented with pink-sand hourglasses, navy-velvet sectionals, and a veiny marble fireplace.
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Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
12 Sep. 2025
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Their struggle has upturned the tabletop candle that illuminates the scene and any moment will surely extinguish it, effacing the giddy pattern formed by the writhing bodies and glowing, veiny bladder skin.
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Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Vecna and his Mind Flayer conspirator are killed by Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and the rest of the gang in a big battle sequence that ends with the veiny villain skewered on a spike.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
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