artery

Example Sentences

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Once the artery of industrial London, the Thames is now clean and scenic, adding value to the tourist traps and high-rise developments along its shore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

From the start, it has had 19 rooms and a prime spot on Spring Street, the main artery of Paso Robles.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

She will emphasise that the Strait or Hormuz must reopen as the "deliberate blocking of this critical artery of the global economy" is affecting British people, despite being more than 3,000 miles away.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Traffic across King Fahd Bridge, a major artery connecting Saudi Arabia and the island nation of Bahrain, was temporarily closed as a precaution, authorities said, following the issuance of security alerts in the area.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

She crosses over Georgia 400, the clogged artery that pumps hundreds of thousands of commuters into Alpharetta’s glass and brushed-metal office parks and, an hour’s drive south, into downtown Atlanta.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times