sedative

in a sentence

The smoke, she said, worked better than a sedative.  (source) Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees, 2002

Dr. Reynolds gave him a heavy sedative.  (source) Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960

Had the shock of the shipwreck—the noises, the falling into the sea, the terrible struggle to swim to the lifeboat—increased the effect of the sedative?  (source) Yann Martel, Life of Pi, 2001

You smoke a little more every morning and drink a little more every afternoon and need a little more sedative every night.  (source) Ray Bradbury, The Veldt, 1950

We keep his sedatives (the yellow pills) in the cupboard with the vitamins.†  (source) John Grogan, Marley & Me, 2005

There is, sometimes, a considerable period before a sedative takes effect.  (source) Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None, 1939

"The subject equates biology labs with overdosing on prescriptionstrength sedatives,"Vee said.†  (source) Becca Fitzpatrick, Hush, Hush, 2009

I saw that turbulent emotions possessed her, so I asked what I thought would be some sedative questions about her little girl.  (source) F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, 1925

Sedatives followed by enough caffeine to wake a horse, if he remembered right.†  (source) Ted Dekker, Black: The Birth of Evil, 2004

Once we got her back, she must be given a strong sedative and carted off to the doctor.†  (source) Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, 2000

Sedatives.†  (source) Truman Capote, In Cold Blood, 1966

The veterinarian showed him how to administer intramuscular injections of sedative, as well as the older skill—waning even then in veterinary practice—of the ether drip.†  (source) David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, 2008

Maybe you can just finish this conversation with yourself and we'll come back later, with, urn, some bigger weapons, and possibly some sedatives.†  (source) Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus, 2014