How to Use medicine in a Sentence

medicine

noun
  • He forgot to take his medicine.
  • Did you look in the medicine cabinet for a pain reliever?
  • She's interested in a career in medicine.
  • Their research has led to many important advances in modern medicine.
  • The medicine doesn’t come cheap.
    — Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
  • There is no medicine to cure the virus.
    — Annette Regan, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
  • And people need some medicine right now.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Sunshine is free medicine for many.
    — Essence, 7 Oct. 2025
  • But both medicines have dietary rules.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Desai didn’t start out in medicine.
    — Natasha Pearlman, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This can work against the effects of medicines.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • If that doesn't work, try taking medicine.
    — Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Try to take your medicines with food or a full glass of milk as well.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Many also use over-the-counter medicines.
    — Mark A. Munger, STAT, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Too much medicine in the body can cause side effects.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Trying to take all these medicines to get through the day.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • The medicine is in movement… even a small step counts.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Jauhar calls for a change in how medicine treats heart disease.
    — Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The idea was that tech could solve medicine’s fax problem.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The supplies vary from medicine and food to items like car parts.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
  • His mother moved to Oviedo to study medicine.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
  • For decades, older adults have stood in long lines to buy food or medicine.
    — Sarah Moreno updated April 29, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In medicine, that day appeared to come in April.
    — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • Posey is not here to make the medicine go down easier.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • The same pattern could end up playing out in medicine.
    — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • The future of medicine should not be kept waiting.
    — Marty Makary, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
  • People are coming around to the idea that food is medicine.
    — Connie Ogle may 14, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
  • One was going to buy medicine and groceries.
    — Daniella Silva, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
  • There is a scarcity of food, scarcity of medicine.
    — NBC news, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Map these suffixes to their class of medicine.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025

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