open vein

Example Sentences

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But before those questions about what’s ahead for the Capitals came Ovechkin’s open vein of a statement.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2017

“Bird Balloons” lies along that same open vein, lines like “It was a fragile thing and I goddamn dropped it” throbbing with the pain of young love and loss.

From Time • Feb. 22, 2013

For now they can take satisfaction in knowing that Trainspotting has hit an open vein in pop culture--at home and now, perhaps, despite its director's misgivings, in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Prince of the Captivity touched the open vein with his lips.

From Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The sky over Patusan was blood-red, immense, streaming like an open vein.

From Lord Jim by Conrad, Joseph