How to Use barbiturate in a Sentence

barbiturate

noun
  • At night, she was given barbiturates to help her sleep.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The pop culture icon died at the home after overdosing on barbiturates.
    — Cindy Vonquednow, CNN, 26 June 2024
  • The state says drug makers stopped selling that barbiturate for lethal injections.
    — Fox News, 9 Aug. 2018
  • The clinic’s staff gave the children barbiturates, which often led to their death by pneumonia.
    — Hannah Furfaro, Science | AAAS, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The box with the barbiturates was still in the drawer, but Alisa could no longer make use of her husband’s wedding present.
    — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The drug is a barbiturate that depresses the central nervous system and causes the heart to stop.
    — Tyler Spence, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2024
  • Later that year, Garland would die of a barbiturate overdose.
    — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The autopsy report noted that a barbiturate was found in his system.
    — Matthew Haag and Caitlin Dickerson, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Nutt et al's expert panels rated barbiturates as the fourth most addictive substance.
    — Eric Bowman, CNN, 23 Jan. 2019
  • To replace the paperweight with a bottle of a potent, near deadly barbiturate speaks volumes.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The studio gave the then-teenager barbiturates and amphetamines designed to wake her up in the morning, fall asleep at night, and control her weight.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Indeed, when that happens and death comes, the cause is the underlying condition, not an overdose of barbiturates.
    — Wesley J. Smith, National Review, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Her father, who had long abused barbiturates and alcohol, killed himself, on his second try, in 1959.
    — Elsa Dixler, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Her diet is constantly scrutinised and food withheld from her; her managers force her to take amphetamines to curb her appetite and barbiturates to help her sleep.
    — N.e.g., The Economist, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The autopsy report contains no evidence that the barbiturates had reached her liver or other vital organs.
    — Town & Country, 28 July 2023
  • Monroe died in August 1962 from an overdose of barbiturates at age 36.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The police allegedly found an eight-page note and a bottle of barbiturates at Sally’s side, and Sam identified his stepdaughter’s body.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • He had been fed a barbiturate earlier that evening by O'Neal, whose relationship with Hampton is explored in the drama.
    — Rachel Yang, EW.com, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The Sonoma County man took his life in August with 90 capsules of barbiturates prescribed by a physician and dissolved in apple juice.
    — Cathie Anderson, sacbee.com, 27 June 2017
  • His lawyers argue lethal injection would subject him to cruel and unusual pain and that Floyd prefers safer alternatives, including a firing squad or a single dose of a barbiturate.
    — Scott Sonner, ajc, 29 June 2021
  • Like many performers at the time, Elvis was a heavy user of a number of prescription medications including opiates, barbiturates, and sedatives.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 16 Mar. 2019
  • When benzos were introduced to the market in the 1950s, there was excitement as they were considered safer compared to barbiturates, which had been used to treat anxiety.
    — Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2019
  • To keep victims from remembering what happened, Ray gave them heavy barbiturates and other drugs that caused amnesia, according to authorities.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Monroe was found dead at her home in Brentwood California in August 1962 and her death was caused by a barbiturate overdose.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2022
  • For many actresses, channeling Monroe, who died 50 years ago at 36 of an overdose of barbiturates, is virtually a rite of passage.
    — Rebecca Mead, Allure, 29 May 2026
  • Garland died of an accidental barbiturate overdose months after the tour ended in June 1969 in London.
    — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2018
  • The Wizard of Oz star died in London in 1969 of an accidental barbiturate overdose just months after the tour ended.
    — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • He had been fed a barbiturate earlier that evening by informant William O'Neal, whose relationship with Hampton is explored in the drama.
    — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Carlton Gary, 67, is scheduled to die by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital on Thursday evening at the state prison in Jackson.
    — Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The vending machine will offer two-dose boxes of naloxone and other hygiene and personal safety tools, including fentanyl test strips, xylazine, barbiturates, condoms and medetomidine.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 30 June 2026

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