Example Sentences

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That’s not easy, since capybaras max out around 155 pounds; sometimes he anesthetizes them for the trip back to the river.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

After several visits, Marx underwent a TAP block, an injection that anesthetizes the anterior abdominal wall.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2021

She anesthetizes the animals, carefully removes their brains, firms the brains up with formalin, freezes them, then shaves them into slices thinner than a strand of human hair to study under a microscope.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2013

The anesthesiologist anesthetizes the patient, then infuses a drug, usually nitroprusside, to dilate the blood vessels.

From Time Magazine Archive

Your wife has leprosy!—not the physical form, but the kind that anesthetizes, ulcerates, deforms the soul—the leprosy of self-pity.

From Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Carroll, Robert S.