paregoric

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“Only that big? It felt like a house. Look, dear,” said Faye, “open that second drawer where my medicine is. Bring the paregoric and a piece of cotton. Will you help me pack this tooth?”

From Literature

"I trust I shall not be paregoric to him," said Pillgrim.

From Project Gutenberg

The mighty monarch, whose renown Fills up the stately page historic, Has howled to waken half the town, And finished off by gulping down His castor oil or paregoric.

From Project Gutenberg

She said that if she couldn’t get him, she should take the professor, for he was just as handsome and could talk about something beside paregoric and postmortem examinations.”

From Project Gutenberg

I didn't mean anything like paregoric, or milk and eggs and a teaspoonful of this in half a glass of water after meals.

From Project Gutenberg