draw blood
Example Sentences
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The needle was bigger than the one used for drawing blood.
From Slate • May 18, 2024
Searching for a geothermal reservoir is like drawing blood from a patient, Della Vedova explains: nurses don't randomly stick needles hoping for the best, but carefully search for specific veins.
From National Geographic • Feb. 2, 2024
Oxygen levels can also be measured by drawing blood out of an artery in the wrist.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2022
Khalili explained that drawing blood can be hard to do in the field, since clinicians need to make sure that blood samples are kept at the right temperature and taken to a laboratory in time.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2022
Sometime during the night, McCormick was drawing blood from an old woman.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
