How to Use antidote in a Sentence

antidote

noun
  • There is no antidote to this poison.
  • For him, racing motorcycles is a great antidote to boredom.
  • The good news is that there are antidotes.
    — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
  • She's so fired up for this antidote.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
  • As rates rise, the antidote to volatile stocks could now be bonds.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2022
  • There's no antidote to shame quite like making a movie like this.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
  • For every bad thing in sports, there is an antidote.
    — Greg Cote june 10, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
  • An antidote to that; the other side of that.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
  • Paris, though, lit up with post-war joie de vivre, was the perfect antidote.
    — Fiona Donovan, Vanity Fair, 30 Dec. 2025
  • And [these re-recordings are] such an antidote to [those days].
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Dosirak is a table for one, the antidote to a world full of shared plates.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The antidote to a wintry cold and gray day is a steaming bowl of creamy soup.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • These appliances are the antidote to out of sight, out of mind.
    — Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Here, Netziv points out the need of an antidote for zealotry.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 28 June 2021
  • In many cases, watching the videos feels like an antidote to those times.
    — Washington Post, 1 July 2020
  • There is an antidote for recluse bites, but severe ulcers may need surgery.
    — Eva Flowe may 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026
  • To me, one antidote for those malaises is the embrace of craft for craft’s sake.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Wait, could this be the antidote to my future ramen marathon?
    — Jimmy O. Yang, Bon Appétit, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Wasn’t love supposed to be the antidote to a head full of poison, a heart full of doubt?
    — Quinn Moreland, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026
  • The antidote is not more logic.
    — Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Burkut and the rest have local antidotes for the problem.
    — Magdalena Stawkowski, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
  • True crime can be an antidote to such injustice.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 June 2026
  • Those all feel a little like antidotes to fascism.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Haulcy might be the perfect antidote to that problem.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But the state does have a program to mail the antidote to anyone who requests it.
    — Geoff Mulvihill and Sharon Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The work is at once of the moment, about the moment and an antidote to the moment.
    — Deborah Vankin Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Now is the time to remember that patience is the antidote to anger.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Being challenged at work is the antidote to feeling stuck in a rut.
    — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 28 Dec. 2019
  • The bouncing balls and squeaking sneakers are as good of an antidote as there is.
    — Dave Campbell, Chron, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Here, finally is a sign that the antidote might be starting to bite.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024

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