cough syrup
noun
a medicated, syruplike fluid, usually flavored and nonnarcotic or mildly narcotic, for relieving coughs or soothing irritated throats.
cough syrups
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pluralof cough syrup.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The investment is meant in part to help the company respond to a surge in the number of medications that require more complicated logistics handling than traditional pills, cough syrups and topical ointments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
There’s a litany of cough syrups, but many are outright ineffective.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2025
A few months earlier, Indian-made cough syrups were linked to the deaths of children in Gambia and Uzbekistan.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
After child deaths in The Gambia and Uzbekistan were linked to Indian-made cough syrups, the Ramnagar tragedy came back into focus, giving the parents a chance to demand justice.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2023
The capricious woman of the Venetian nights, the unfaithful companion of de Musset, was the same nurse who cooked the meals and prepared the cough syrups for the dying Chopin in the solitudes of Valldemosa.
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Frances Douglas
