sedative
adjective
tending to calm or soothe.
sedatives
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pluralof sedative.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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While many ER visits for dizziness result in expensive CT scans and sedatives, researchers are finding there are more-effective options.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Monitored by a police drone, an exhausted Buddy finally laid down to rest as a vet administered some sedatives in the early hours of Sunday.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
The passages recounting her shattered emotional state and her understandable fear of the sedatives that were administered to calm her, are terrifying in their battered simplicity and clarity of purpose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
Lifestyle TV might as well be sedatives or anti-depressants, the medicine people want in tumultuous times.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
‘We don’t want to interrupt your crazy time. Maybe you can just finish this conversation with yourself and we’ll come back later, with, um, some bigger weapons and possibly some sedatives.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
