cough syrup
Example Sentences
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The cans are cute, but they taste like cough syrup and Windex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Chris Robinson, the actor who played Dr. Rick Webber on “General Hospital” and also introduced America to a classic turn of phrase in a commercial for cough syrup, has died of heart failure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
The same sum will also be paid to the families of four children who became disabled after consuming the cough syrup.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2024
Strain and use the liquid as a cough syrup.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
Like standing mean mouthed over Vonetta and Fern until they swallow a tablespoon each of hard pine cough syrup.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
