How to Use aspirin in a Sentence

aspirin

noun
  • Aspirin is effective in controlling headaches.
  • There is a caveat with aspirin.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Well who needs a stent placement and an and aspirin and statin?
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Even simple medicines like aspirin show how this works.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Tomas’ body aches would be dulled by aspirin, but would never go away.
    — Aidan McGloin, oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The station has too many headaches and not enough cash to pay for the aspirin.
    — Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2024
  • To make the paste, crush an aspirin with a spoon and swirl it with a few drops of water.
    — Sarah Wu, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Heparin and low-dose aspirin to reduce the risk of blood clots.
    — USA Today, 14 Mar. 2021
  • And yet no armies have formed against aspirin, Tylenol or water.
    — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Trump takes aspirin to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
    — ABC News, 11 May 2026
  • When this runs out, some people will tell you to pop an aspirin in the water.
    — Laura Lane, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Many people are prescribed low-dose aspirin for heart health.
    — CNN, 4 Oct. 2020
  • All of us have been taking aspirin for headaches and muscle aches for the last many decades.
    — NBC News, 25 Apr. 2021
  • His chest tightened, a pressure that has led to a daily aspirin habit.
    — USA Today, 13 May 2020
  • Were the patients who were more likely to live given aspirin?
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • But not enough pregnant women are getting the word that low-dose aspirin can help.
    — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 1 May 2024
  • Trump also takes aspirin, which can reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
    — Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Yes, but there's a new study out that says champagne and aspirin is excellent for you.
    — Fox News, 25 May 2018
  • The company hired a doctor who told the workers to take some aspirin and get back to work.
    — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2021
  • The scientists will remove aspirin-size cores from along the flat center line of the tusk.
    — Author: Ned Rozell, Alaska Dispatch News, 2 Sep. 2017
  • The occasional aspirin has been replaced with a war chest of pills, lozenges and balms.
    — Oc Register, 22 June 2025
  • The shelves are stocked with paper towels and toilet paper, aspirin and fresh eggs.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Really, all guys should take aspirin every day.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • Saner heads, and perhaps a few aspirins, prevailed in the morning light and no deal was struck.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • While ibuprofen or aspirin can help with the headache or body aches, steer clear from Tylenol, the experts warn.
    — Kimberly Hickok, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
  • That when Pierre Louis told officers his thought the pills were aspirin, records show.
    — Barbara Hijek, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Others insist on aspirin or Sprite.
    — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Those who are taking daily aspirin and have questions should talk with their healthcare provider, the task force said.
    — Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2021
  • An herbal analogue to aspirin can be made from decocting the bark of a willow tree into tea.
    — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Some say a little shot of vodka will get the job done; others argue that aspirin is the answer.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2024

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