Explore Pentobarbital through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like barbiturate. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pentobarbital in a sentence
Pentobarbital meaning
A narcotic and sedative barbiturate drug (trademark Nembutal) formerly used to relieve insomnia.
Synonyms of Pentobarbital
Using Pentobarbital
- The main meaning on this page is: A narcotic and sedative barbiturate drug (trademark Nembutal) formerly used to relieve insomnia.
- Useful related words include: pentobarbital sodium, nembutal, yellow jacket, barbiturate.
- In the example corpus, pentobarbital often appears in combinations such as: of pentobarbital, pentobarbital in.
Context around Pentobarbital
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pentobarbital
- In this selection, "pentobarbital" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, drugs, use, obtaining, injection, used and got stand out and add context to how "pentobarbital" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include death from pentobarbital injection to and dose of pentobarbital through an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pentobarbital" sits close to words such as aat, abenomics and abraxas, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pentobarbital
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He asked the governor for help in obtaining pentobarbital. (9 words)
Redd contacted the supplier, “who stated that the supply of pentobarbital would cost $200,000. (15 words)
Agency policy dictates the drug would be either sodium thiopental or pentobarbital, both of which are barbiturates. (17 words)
Efforts are now focused on how the pentobarbital got into the Gravy Train samples, with the FDA jumping into the investigation; the AP notes a supplier that provides one of the brand's lesser ingredients is being looked at. (39 words)
Under the new guidance provided by Barr, the Bureau of Prisons will begin conducting executions using one drug, pentobarbital, rather than the three-drug cocktail that was employed when the last federal execution occurred in 2003. (36 words)
The company likely felt compelled to address that point, because pentobarbital in pet food often fuels speculation over whether cat and dog food may contain the bodies of euthanized cats and dogs. (32 words)
Example sentences (14)
In a veterinary euthanasia study comparing death from pentobarbital injection to nitrogen gas inhalation, most animals exposed to nitrogen gas developed early convulsions.
Redd contacted the supplier, “who stated that the supply of pentobarbital would cost $200,000.
Even more disturbing was seeing the tubes that would deliver the lethal dose of pentobarbital through an IV in Nelson’s arm.
Also, during a 2016 inspection, the FDA collected samples of Bravo Packing, Inc. horse meat chunk animal food that tested positive for the drugs pentobarbital and phenytoin.
Complicating matters, as Zak Cheney-Rice last night, there are some practical elements to consider, as Barr’s Justice Department plans to use pentobarbital in the upcoming executions.
He asked the governor for help in obtaining pentobarbital.
Texas now uses the powerful sedative pentobarbital, used by vets for putting down animals, to dispatch condemned prisoners.
The Justice Department, which has regularly told the court that it was reviewing its death penalty protocol, filed notice on Thursday that it was moving to the use of pentobarbital.
Under the new guidance provided by Barr, the Bureau of Prisons will begin conducting executions using one drug, pentobarbital, rather than the three-drug cocktail that was employed when the last federal execution occurred in 2003.
Agency policy dictates the drug would be either sodium thiopental or pentobarbital, both of which are barbiturates.
All of which means we really have no idea how often pentobarbital is in our pet food.
Efforts are now focused on how the pentobarbital got into the Gravy Train samples, with the FDA jumping into the investigation; the AP notes a supplier that provides one of the brand's lesser ingredients is being looked at.
The company likely felt compelled to address that point, because pentobarbital in pet food often fuels speculation over whether cat and dog food may contain the bodies of euthanized cats and dogs.
Reportedly, thiopental has been shown to be superior to pentobarbital in reducing intracranial pressure. citation This phenomenon is also called a reverse steal effect.
Common combinations with pentobarbital
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of pentobarbital 3×
- pentobarbital in 3×