How to Use belladonna in a Sentence

belladonna

noun
  • Know your ash from alder, your atropa belladonna from solanum nigrum?
    — OregonLive.com, 16 Jan. 2018
  • And a passionate kiss has the same effect as belladonna in making our pupils dilate.
    — Sheril Kirshenbaum, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2011
  • That was after the FDA found varying amounts of belladonna in the products.
    — Ars Technica, SELF, 22 Aug. 2017
  • One of the doctors called in to consult thought poisoning seemed likely, perhaps by opium or belladonna.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Some of those products were found to contain harmful ingredients, such as belladonna, which can be toxic.
    — Andrea Park, SELF, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The nightshades have an ominous reputation, but this large plant family is more than just its most poisonous members, like belladonna.
    — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2017
  • Set out bulbs like Amaryllis belladonna, nerine, pineapple lily (Eucomis) canna, and calla.
    — Sunset Magazine, 3 Aug. 2020
  • There's the Deadly Nightshade (atropa belladonna) with berries that can easily kill.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 30 May 2017
  • One of the most toxic plants in the world, the deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) is filled with tropane alkaloids, which can kill an adult in large enough doses.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • In the most high-profile case, homeopathic teething products were found to contain toxic belladonna, aka deadly nightshade.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2018
  • Even so, they were still regarded with skepticism and fear because botanists recognized them as relatives of the poisonous nightshade, belladonna.
    — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Many of the products were said to contain toxic substances, including belladonna, mercurius solubilis (mercury), and plumbum aceticum (lead).
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 16 June 2020
  • Besides its toxicity, belladonna isn’t a particularly unique or attractive-looking shrub; the foliage, blossoms, and berries are all somewhat nondescript.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 7 June 2026
  • Concentrated Medicinal Fluid Extracts contained belladonna, arsenic and mercury.
    — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021
  • In 2017, the FDA confirmed elevated levels of the toxic substance belladonna (deadly nightshade) in homeopathic teething products intended for infants.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Hospital Melbourne, the syndrome can be triggered through the accidental ingestion of anticholinergic agents, including deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), jimson weed, Mandrake root, lupin beans and angel’s trumpet.
    — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022

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