Get to know Pill better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like thing or onus. In Dutch this translates to pil.
Pill in a sentence
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Pill meaning
- A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
- Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).
Synonyms of Pill
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Using Pill
- The main meaning on this page is: A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. | A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. | Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).
- Useful related words include: thing, contraceptive pill, birth control pill, onus.
- Possible Dutch translations are: pil.
- In the example corpus, pill often appears in combinations such as: the pill, abortion pill, pill to.
Context around Pill
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pill
- In this selection, "pill" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, poison, contraceptive, sleeping, citation, instead and first stand out and add context to how "pill" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bitter pill to swallow and a blue pill that will. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pill" sits close to words such as alleviate, brock and diaspora, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pill
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As addiction takes its hold on Glen, we see his family torn apart, pill by pill. (16 words)
A cheap anti-inflammatory drug could make a common morning-after pill more effective, scientists have found. (17 words)
Smiling, happy people talking about taking a pill to counteract the pill they were taking for (insert issue). (18 words)
The term "poison pill" derives its original meaning from a poison pill physically carried by various spies throughout history, a pill which was taken by the spies when they were discovered to eliminate the possibility of being interrogated by an enemy. (41 words)
Undeterred, Neo meets Morpheus, who offers him a choice between a red pill that will allow him to learn the truth about the Matrix, and a blue pill that will return him to his old life. (36 words)
The abortion rate has remained stable since the introduction of the pill. citation Japan In Japan, lobbying from the Japan Medical Association prevented the Pill from being approved for general use for nearly 40 years. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Suppose you had a medical study looking at a sleeping pill’s efficacy, but could only compare five people who received the pill to five who got a placebo pill instead.
Take one pill first thing in the morning when you wake up, take the second pill shortly before lunchtime, take the third pill in between your lunch and dinner.
The term "poison pill" derives its original meaning from a poison pill physically carried by various spies throughout history, a pill which was taken by the spies when they were discovered to eliminate the possibility of being interrogated by an enemy.
As addiction takes its hold on Glen, we see his family torn apart, pill by pill.
Pharmacists must undergo additional training before being able to resupply the pill so that they are qualified to assess if a woman can safely take the pill.
Smiling, happy people talking about taking a pill to counteract the pill they were taking for (insert issue).
Mr Pill can be heard asking them what they are doing and then, as Coggin steps back, clearly with the knife still in his right hand, Pill can be heard to exclaim panicking.
But the proposed testing would only scrape the pill and not measure its dose, with many substances not showing up, he said, rejecting pill testing advocates' description of it as "evidence based".
It is ironic that there is currently a popular documentary out called "The Magic Pill" that is not about a pill at all.
Pills are possibly the best form of treatment that exists (so long as there is a pill that can treat your condition, like there's no pill to treat a severed finger).
A Bitter Pill to Swallow,” Becky Conner opens up to her mom about getting more serious with her boyfriend and wanting to go on the pill.
The hunt for a male contraceptive pill was launched in the 1950s, when the female pill was invented.
They hope this means that men can take a pill containing ouabain and restore their fertility when they stop, in a similar way to how the female contraceptive pill works.
For the 21-pill packet, a pill is consumed daily for three weeks, followed by a week of no pills.
France On December 28, 1967, the Neuwirth Law legalized contraception in France, including the pill. citation The pill is the most popular form of contraception in France, especially among young women.
Quaid puts the pill in his mouth, but after seeing Edgemar sweating in fear, he kills Edgemar and spits out the pill.
The abortion rate has remained stable since the introduction of the pill. citation Japan In Japan, lobbying from the Japan Medical Association prevented the Pill from being approved for general use for nearly 40 years.
Undeterred, Neo meets Morpheus, who offers him a choice between a red pill that will allow him to learn the truth about the Matrix, and a blue pill that will return him to his old life.
According to HRA Pharma’s evaluation of a dozen different studies, a high BMI did not diminish the effectiveness of the mini-pill.
A cheap anti-inflammatory drug could make a common morning-after pill more effective, scientists have found.
Common combinations with pill
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the pill 37×
- abortion pill 30×
- pill to 24×
- pill that 9×
- bitter pill 9×
- pill in 7×
- pill is 7×
- pill and 6×
- pill at 6×
- contraceptive pill 5×