How to Use depressant in a Sentence

depressant

noun
  • Just because the two are linked doesn't mean that anti-depressants cause autism.
    — Redbook, 7 July 2011
  • And he’s been prescribed anti-depressants but no longer takes them.
    — Steve & Mia, Philly.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • With a bottle of cheap booze or with heavy doses of anti-depressants?
    — Curtis Silver, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2010
  • On the other hand, cannabis is a substance that can be a stimulant or a depressant.
    — Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • One was found to have been driving under the influence of a depressant.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Police did not state what depressants Anders may have taken.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Because alcohol is a depressant, drinking can drown your mood.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Both of those opioid drugs, like prescription painkillers, are depressants that slow down messages between the brain and the body.
    — Aubrey Whelan, Philly.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Here, soothing colors are used for depressants and fiery colors for stimulants.
    — Brian Sodoma and Clare Gersh, azcentral, 19 Apr. 2018
  • While caffeine is a stimulant and alcohol is a depressant, both can disrupt sleep.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • As a woman who is currently on anti-depressants and was on them during two of my five pregnancies, this shook me to the core.
    — Redbook, 7 July 2011
  • Alcohol is a depressant that can alter the serotonin levels in the brain which help regulate mood.
    — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2022
  • And yet another found that living near trees reduced people’s need for anti-depressants.
    — Nicole Brodeur, The Seattle Times, 12 Sep. 2017
  • His character was prescribed anti-depressants by his father at an early age.
    — Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
  • As a depressant drug, Hunt said during the training, opioids tell the body to shut down, and in the case of an overdose, stop breathing.
    — Kate Magill, Howard County Times, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Quaalude, a synthetic depressant, was once quite literally the perfect date-rape drug.
    — Aliya S. King, The Root, 13 June 2017
  • Adding xylazine to fentanyl, which is also a depressant, increases the already high odds of overdose.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2022
  • It’s classified as a depressant, which means alcohol slows down your brain and bodily functions as its consumed.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Prebble’s script tells the story of two volunteers who fall for each other in a clinical trial for an anti-depressant.
    — Hannah Herrera Greenspan, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2019
  • In each compartment were two pills in pastel green, but in addition to the retrovirals there were buttons of white anti-depressant.
    — Kate Osana Simonian, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
  • An autopsy revealed Brzyski suffered from heart disease and was full of vodka and anti-depressants at the time of his death.
    — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Eating healthy, staying away from excess alcohol (a depressant) and getting plenty of sleep will also put your body — and mind — in a better mood.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 May 2020
  • The spike in meth use coincides with an existing opiate crisis, and many people have turned to using both the depressant and stimulant.
    — oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2019
  • This is because alcohol is a central nervous system depressant that might constrict blood vessels and reduce blood flow throughout the body.
    — Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Himmel said her daughter has been to counseling on and off for the last two years and takes anti-depressants, both of which began after the bullying started.
    — Michael Katz and Christina Lords, idahostatesman, 19 Mar. 2018
  • In high dose experiments, Phenibut and f-phenibut can act as central nervous system depressants [18].
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The most prescribed treatment was hormone therapy, followed by anti-depressants.
    — Sashikala Vp, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
  • There’s a growing and confusing group of studies looking at the effect of anti-depressants during pregnancy.
    — Alice Park, Time, 9 Apr. 2018
  • But gridlock in Congress has acted as a depressant for Democratic voters and activists.
    — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2021
  • As for micro-dosing, its risks could be less than taking some of the current anti-depressants, say advocates of psychedelic research.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2017

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