Narcotic

//nɑː(ɹ)ˈkɒtɪk//

"Narcotic" in a Sentence (15 examples)

Prostitution, gambling, the use of narcotic substances, drunkenness, disorder, and all other illegal activities are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.

In the first years that Coca-Cola was produced, it contained cocaine. In 1914, cocaine was classified as a narcotic, after which they used caffeine instead of cocaine in the production of Coca-Cola.

On these occasions I have noticed such a dreamy, vacant expression in his eyes, that I might have suspected him of being addicted to the use of some narcotic, had not the temperance and cleanliness of his whole life forbidden such a notion.

The gray sky is narcotic.

It's a narcotic.

It is a narcotic.

She lay as if under the influence of a narcotic, so still that her breathing could scarcely be distinguished.

This substance is a narcotic if inhaled.

"Real San Juan Colorado," he said. "Excitable people like you are the better for narcotics. Heavens! don't bite it! Cut - and cut with reverence!"

In 2016, the CDC established guidelines for prescribing narcotics for chronic pain.

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The State Department has given Ecuador $81 million since 2018 to help the country with its fight against organized crime and narcotics.

But, for the unquiet heart and brain, ⁠A use in measured language lies; ⁠The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.

Podson grabbed at his tobacco with a fervent, "God! just about saved my life." With a cigarette going he grabbed at the papers, requiring spiritual sustenance as well as a divine narcotic.

Which means that at the moment Raven entered her, a very small hypodermic needle slipped imperceptibly into the engorged frontal vein of his penis, automatically shooting a cocktail of powerful narcotics and depressants into his bloodstream.

The duration of a prescription may give clues into how long a person ends up using a narcotic painkiller, a new study finds.

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