How to Use drug test in a Sentence

drug test

noun
  • But yeah, didn’t fail the drug test.
    — Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Type of drug test There are three main kinds of drug tests.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The judge sent her to jail for five days for failing the drug test.
    — Amy Yurkanin | [email protected], al, 26 July 2023
  • Bird poop scraped off a man’s car appeared on a drug test as cocaine.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
  • In the days that followed, the nurse failed a drug test and was fired, the order states.
    — Brett Kelman, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • Does a drug test register the amount of a drug in my system?
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • There are many reasons for a portable drug test.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • As a result, many drug tests do not include it as part of their screening process.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2023
  • But the bout was canceled after it was revealed that Benn had failed a drug test.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
  • But what if someone used hemp, a legal substance, and a drug test mistook it for weed?
    — Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Williams relapsed, failed a drug test, and served 30 months in federal prison.
    — Taylor Sisk, CBS News, 28 June 2023
  • Bennett said that regardless of the outcome of the drug tests, the teen should not be moved to adult court.
    — The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • There are also weekly visits to the halfway house to check in and drug tested.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • But he was let go anyway as soon as his pre-employment drug test came up positive.
    — Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Over the next eight months, two more of her drug tests were confirmed positive for cocaine by the state’s lab.
    — Lucas Waldron, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2026
  • But a month later, the presiding judge in the case ordered a surprise drug test.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Remember that the price for a drug test will increase with more drugs being tested.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Levine also ordered the 39-year-old to submit to weekly drug tests.
    — Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 28 Feb. 2026
  • There was Destiny, the feisty point guard, routinely failing drug tests.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Calling for drug tests has been a tactic Trump has used repeatedly for years.
    — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 25 June 2024
  • However, the result was later changed to a no contest when Jones failed a drug test.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • None of those clients been arrested for crimes since their release, Kess said, although a few have failed drug tests.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
  • But without a positive drug test, there was no evidence that Baylie was drugged.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
  • Some law enforcement agencies are aware of the pitfalls of drug test evidence.
    — Shoshana Walter, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Still, when production asked for negative drug tests, Fritz wasn't able to provide them.
    — Esther Kang, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Employers in a range of businesses continue to make drug tests part of the hiring process.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
  • Cohen ordered Turner to submit to random drug tests and turn in his passport.
    — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Bruce asked the county commissioners to require Clardy to submit to a drug test.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • The main byproduct of this process is a compound known as benzoylecgonine — the exact compound that drug tests screen for.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • As a result of that drug test failure, the title reverted to Cormier.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025

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