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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"Most of these smuggled animals will be in a weak condition... some are given sedatives or even mild anesthetic to keep them from moving or making noise," Thanawadee said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Existing treatments are decades-old stimulants and sedatives that target one symptom at a time, but Orzeyful and its competitor drugs are designed to treat the disease as a whole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
‘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
