truth serum
Example Sentences
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As the YouTube hit demonstrates, hot sauce isn’t just for daredevils and masochists: It’s a truth serum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
And so, in the real world, one submits to these devices nervously, as one would to some kind of truth serum or all-seeing eye: There is no hiding here.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
“You can put me on the rack, the truth serum, whatever. I did not do it. … I did not shoot those people,” Titus said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
“COVID,” he says, “is a truth serum bringing it all out.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2020
“Most GPs can’t resist the truth serum, either,” I say.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
