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

The playfulness kicks in when George and Kathryn invite the other suspects over for a dinner spiced with garlic and truth serum.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 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

That doesn’t make me any less afraid of going under truth serum.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth