How to use "vein" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "vein" in popular movie and book plots

  • Shemp is suffering from an enlarged vein in his leg, and fears that it will lead to amputation.  - Out West (1947 film)
  • " But no one stops the engine, and he's carried along to the sticker, who slices open the boy's jugular vein with a knife.  - Pig (short story)
  • They are right, as he was bludgeoned to death by Jape Waltzer and dumped into a vein of burning lignite.  - Peace Like a River
  • Some fifty years ago, upon discovery of a new vein of gold, strange incidents began to occur around town, and many of its citizens left.  - Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
  • Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees is primarily an action movie but it has a mythological and spiritual vein running through it.  - Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees
  • He lists examples of wasteful government expenditure that he will refer to in a humorous vein in his speech if his grant is not increased.  - The Patron of the Arts
  • They also discover a vein of copper which could be used to replenish the town's supply and stimulate trade.  - Daja's Book
  • Slater Bob, an old slate miner, tells them a story about a lost gold vein in the fells.  - Pigeon Post
  • A vein of mysticism runs through the story, and mesmerism and electro-biology are introduced.  - David Elginbrod
  • In 1898, Daniel Plainview, a prospector in New Mexico, mines a potentially precious ore vein from a pit mine hole.  - There Will Be Blood
  • Having struck a rich vein of gold, he runs afoul of the Apaches.  - A Princess of Mars
  • Their relationship continues in this vein – all dialogue/monologue.  - Postcards from the Edge
  • They realize that the bullet means there is a local vein of gold that only Lame Beaver knew of.  - Centennial (miniseries)
  • When the salt ran out, he had work started on mining a vein of iron ore.  - The Story of the Stone (Barry Hughart)
  • They see below them a large vein of pure gold.  - Mackenna's Gold
  • Soon after the money Molly hid in the stove accidentally is burned, Johnny discovers the richest gold vein in state history.  - The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)

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