How to Use bloodline in a Sentence

bloodline

noun
  • Scooter was the last to emerge from the Lenox bloodline and etched his name in the record books in a variety of ways.
    Ted Dunnam, Houston Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The sport of hockey is in the Sousa family bloodline as is the case for the rest of the Alliance players.
    Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 29 July 2021
  • Tapit has sired three of the past five Belmont winners, and the bloodlines are strong on the female side, too.
    courant.com, 7 June 2019
  • Now, the Blues add a blue chip defender with size and NHL bloodlines. 30.
    Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
  • The redhead genes are strong in Prince Harry's bloodline.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The Royals’ logo is based on Joffrey Baratheon, whose bloodlines aren’t, um, the purest.
    Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 13 July 2018
  • The images also presented the girl as a key member of the Kim bloodline, Yang said.
    Brad Lendon, CNN, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Salas comes from a strong bloodline of baseball players.
    Wells Dusenbury, sun-sentinel.com, 13 July 2019
  • Virgo knows every beat and bloodline of her solid gold heart, and doesn’t give it away for free.
    Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 2 July 2018
  • The two men, both native to this area, can trace their bloodlines 150 years back to all the famous musical masters of the past.
    Maija Liuhto, Longreads, 28 June 2018
  • Palm Beach Central senior free safety Justin Bostic has quite a bloodline to live up to.
    Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The next great quarterback hopeful out of the Manning gene pool comes with all the tools and bloodlines any recruit could want.
    Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The saliva in your dog’s mouth is rich with DNA and will give you an accurate read on what breeds your dog may have in their bloodline.
    Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Could that be partly the source of Mona’s resentment toward Beau and his bloodline?
    Vulture, 13 June 2023
  • Some queens are queens because of their royal bloodline.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The filly whose bloodline includes both Curlin and AP Indy has won both of her starts this year and four out of her five overall.
    Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 5 May 2022
  • Taking good bikini pics must run in the Jenner bloodline.
    Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 10 July 2023
  • Something about this play feels like it’s the bloodline of my family or something.
    New York Times, 6 May 2022
  • Maybe their bloodline spirits crossed, perhaps hundreds of years ago across a highland moor, their prey the red grouse.
    Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Given the title, the Skywalker bloodline will have a crucial role to play.
    Sheraz Farooqi, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Lapham's passion for growing food has evolved, although the seed was planted in his bloodline.
    Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • But like so many African Americans, her bloodline is deeply connected to the state.
    Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 13 July 2020
  • Bernhardt’s bloodline tells the story of his passion and his success.
    Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
  • This time, the alarm bells weren’t being rung solely by someone who came from outside the royal bloodline.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2021
  • When Denton was born in 2006, Watson gifted him Trixie, a young grey mare who was his pride and joy; the product of all of his hard work to get the best bloodlines.
    Mackenzie Shuman, azcentral, 30 Nov. 2019
  • Well, the signature hairstyle made its way through the Cyrus bloodline as Miley has been rocking the look lately.
    Victoria Rodriguez, Seventeen, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Royal titles are only passed down through the bloodline.
    Town & Country, 7 May 2023
  • Though Leopold was married to Victoria's first cousin, Princess Charlotte, that's not how the two monarchs share a bloodline.
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 18 Feb. 2019
  • Simply remove the bloodline from the tuna (or have your fishmonger do it).
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Every output is meant to elevate and outdo the last, building from the same bloodline.
    Shamira Ibrahim, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Aug. 2023

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