Collocations for vein - noun

blue
A blue vein throbbed in his forehead.

broken, thread, varicose
She uses make-up to hide the thread veins in her cheeks.

jugular

course/run along/through, flow through, pump through, race through, rush through
He felt the adrenalin coursing through his veins.

bulge, pulse, stand out, throb
The veins stood out on her throat and temples.

rich

hit, strike
The team have hit a rich vein of form recently.

tap (into)

~ of
The writer tapped into a rich vein of humour in the play.

in a different vein, in a lighter/more serious vein
Fortunately, the rest of the evening continued in a lighter vein.

in the same vein/in a similar vein