How do you use Sedative in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like depressant or medicament, plus the exact meaning.
Sedative meaning
An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
Synonyms of Sedative
Using Sedative
- The main meaning on this page is: An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
- Useful related words include: depressant, drug of abuse, medicinal drug, medicament.
- In the example corpus, sedative often appears in combinations such as: sedative effect, sedative and, the sedative.
Context around Sedative
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 12 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sedative
- In this selection, "sedative" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, prescription, catchpoles, flight, dart, hypnotic and drugs stand out and add context to how "sedative" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a prescription sedative that is and abused a sedative called promethazine. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sedative" sits close to words such as abm, adsl and adua, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sedative
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A number of prescription sedative-hypnotic drugs can cause hallucinations. (10 words)
Fischer is a slipped a sedative and all seven hook up to the shared dreaming apparatus. (16 words)
Nine mandates related to the administration of ketamine and other sedative drugs by Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics. (17 words)
The husband believed McGraw used stimulant drugs because he would be awake for days at a time, and saw she and he exchange Ambien pills, a sedative and schedule IV controlled substance. (32 words)
The corps commander explained that the suspects gave a commercial motorcyclist beef jerky (kilishi) laced with sedative drug to eat and upon falling asleep, they made away with his motorcycle. (30 words)
Dr Perry explained 'In a way having another alcoholic drink does normalize the brain a little, but that’s because it’s a sedative and you feel better initially. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
A number of prescription sedative-hypnotic drugs can cause hallucinations.
Dr Perry explained 'In a way having another alcoholic drink does normalize the brain a little, but that’s because it’s a sedative and you feel better initially.
Fischer is a slipped a sedative and all seven hook up to the shared dreaming apparatus.
However, many kratom users claim that lesser herb doses create stimulant-like products, and more significant quantities produce opioid- or sedative-like results.
Jurors at Preston Crown Court also convicted her of conspiring with a junior colleague, Charlotte Wilmot, 48, to administer a sedative to a third patient.
Nine mandates related to the administration of ketamine and other sedative drugs by Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics.
Paramedics arrived and injected McClain with ketamine, a sedative that was legal at the time to give to people showing erratic behavior.
Rising carbon dioxide levels onboard the may act as a sedative which sends the five trapped explorers to 'sleep', experts warned today.
She felt like she was floating thanks to the sedative, more waves, more buoyancy, but this time she didn’t mind so much.
The corps commander explained that the suspects gave a commercial motorcyclist beef jerky (kilishi) laced with sedative drug to eat and upon falling asleep, they made away with his motorcycle.
These hulking athletes could “dominate a 98-pound kid with ease,” Hilton wrote, and if the students resisted, they were injected with a syringe of sedative.
Tranq is the street name for Xylazine, an alpha-2 agonist which produces sedation and respiratory depression in ways similar to certain anesthetic and sedative agents.
Tussey said in a police report that Czichos was clearly intoxicated and that Czichos said he took a lot of Xanax, a prescription sedative that is commonly abused.
Alexandra also alleged that Roddy, whose real name is Rodrick Wayne Moore Jr., abused a sedative called Promethazine among other things.
Instead, a full canine unit managed by a vet, equipped with catchpoles, sedative dart guns and tasers will be deployed.
Need I mention that if the responsible officer is not satisfied with “pre-flight sedative” explanation, the animal will be euthanized and the carcass disposed of by incineration.
Officers put the monkey to sleep with a sedative dart before locking it away in a cage.
The victim claims that she was forced to consume a drink laced with some sedative substances and the accused then raped her, SP Arun Kumar had stated.
Sinaga had given each a dose of GHB, a sedative, so they could not recall what happened to them.
The husband believed McGraw used stimulant drugs because he would be awake for days at a time, and saw she and he exchange Ambien pills, a sedative and schedule IV controlled substance.
Common combinations with sedative
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: