draw blood

Example Sentences

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Olusanya spent about 30 minutes preparing for the 3 p.m. appointment, assembling equipment to draw blood, collect a urine sample and check the patient’s vitals and glucose levels.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025

Every other day, I went back to the fertility clinic so the staff could monitor my vitals and draw blood.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2025

Lucy Liu’s 9-year-old son, Rockwell, hasn’t seen his mother draw blood in “Charlie’s Angels” or “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and certainly not in “Kill Bill, Vol. 1.”

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2024

“Hacks,” however, makes the battle entertaining, even when the characters we love draw blood.

From Salon • May 2, 2024

“First, I’m going to give you a quick checkup. Then we’re going to run some tests. Not awful tests, but we have to draw blood and you have to pee in a cup.”

From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos