put to sleep
Example Sentences
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Conversely, consider general anesthetics: When patients have their interoception shut down, they are also put to sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"I was sobbing as I was put to sleep, and I was sobbing when I woke up."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
The outcome: “She was put to sleep after seven days.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
As a young veterinarian, I was called upon to put to sleep a pet I’d never met before.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
Or about his mom and dad, or his dog, Captain Jack, that he had put to sleep only a few months earlier.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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