sedation
Example Sentences
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In it, she said the medical director of Euracare had told Adichie her son "had received too much sedation", which subsequently caused him to have a heart attack.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
These adverse events included dizziness, sedation, and nausea, with increases described as moderate to large.
From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025
I was constantly looking outside myself for both stimulation and sedation.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025
Kotcheff’s daughter Kate Kotcheff said via email that he died peacefully while under sedation Thursday night in a hospital in Nuevo Nayarit, Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
At the time, Dad had a wife under sedation who couldn’t bring herself to see the massively deformed baby she’d just given birth to.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
