How to Use inhalant in a Sentence

inhalant

noun
  • The medicine is now available as an inhalant.
  • Warm mist can also be used with medicinal inhalants for cough or cold relief.
    — Paige Szmodis, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Brent knew his only daughter had been fighting an addiction to inhalants.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2017
  • This is a fatal heart rhythm disturbance that can occur even after a single episode of inhalant use.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • Aerosols, solvents, gases and nitrates prescribed for chest pain are misused as inhalants.
    — Kashmira Gander, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Today, smelling salts and other ammonia inhalants are used to prevent and treat fainting.
    — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025
  • What should parents say to teenagers about inhalants and social media trends involving these substances?
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • Then, as a gay elder, Cohen gave Sivan some advice on the popular inhalant.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Outside the commercial world, nitrous oxide is best known for its recreational use as an inhalant for getting high.
    — Tony Long, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2007
  • The ordinance creates new zoning for stores that sell tobacco, inhalants, and cannabinoids.
    — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • Sudden cardiac death from fatal cardiac arrhythmias has been reported even in teen inhalant abusers.
    — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 26 June 2017
  • The ammonia inhalants are not banned by most of the major sports organizations, but endorsements by the leagues are few.
    — Jason Jones, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Many states have laws that impose fines or jail time on people who sell or possess inhalants for the purpose of becoming intoxicated.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Because inhalants are often stored in ordinary household products, missing items from garages, bathrooms or kitchens can also be a sign.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • Another important finding was that there were strong links between inhalant use and other risky behaviors.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • The inhalants are most often packaged in the form of a capsule comprised of ammonium carbonate and liquids.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Those worlds collide when George and a handful of other creatures are exposed to an inhalant that sets off a genetic chain reaction.
    — Mick Lasalle, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Defensive tackle Jordan Elliott said inhalants, whose effects are short-lived, are akin to sniffing wasabi and can bring tears to his eyes.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Nov. 2025
  • But there was something else, something familiar, drifting up and hitting me like an intoxicating inhalant.
    — Tejal Rao, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017
  • And fellow linemen such as Zakelj and pass rusher Bryce Huff said inhalants can get them in the right mindset for their violent work in the trenches.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Nov. 2025
  • In this version, they’re also attacked but her mask is smashed, revealing the truth to Dina as Ellie manages to survive the fatal inhalant.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025
  • The ban only prohibits team employees from distributing smelling salts and other ammonia inhalants during pregame, halftime or games on the sideline or locker rooms.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Explaining that inhalants can cause permanent brain and nerve damage, and in some cases sudden death, may carry more weight than simply saying substances are dangerous.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • Early theories speculate that the illness might be caused by toxic products that vaporize the nicotine or other inhalants, though this has yet to be proven definitively.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Many adolescents are encountering videos or online discussions that normalize inhalant use.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • These include oral and topical medications, inhalants and injections.
    — Josh Kovner, courant.com, 19 May 2017
  • The state agency said nearly twice as many Americans abuse prescription drugs than use cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin and inhalants combined.
    — Courtney Perkes, Orange County Register, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The survey found that roughly 564,000 people aged 12 to 17 also used inhalants within the last year.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
  • One theory, as of yet unproved, is that illnesses may result from substances that are thought or known to be toxic in vaping products, which use heat to vaporize nicotine and other inhalants.
    — Matt Richtel, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The researchers concluded that inhalant misuse often does not occur in isolation but instead clusters with other behavioral concerns and substance-use risks.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 15 May 2026

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