How to Use muscle relaxant in a Sentence

muscle relaxant

noun
  • Just one week after the attacks, he was prescribed a muscle relaxant for a backache.
    — Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Bananas are a good source of magnesium, which is a natural muscle relaxant.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Then there’s atropine—a muscle relaxant derived from the toxic nightshade and mandrake plants.
    — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Chloe has been visiting Diane in order to feed her the same canine muscle relaxant pills that she was once forced to take.
    — Rosie Knight, refinery29.com, 3 Apr. 2021
  • This terpene acts as a natural muscle relaxant and may help alleviate stress and promote sleep.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Dion was taking life-threatening amounts of Valium, which can act as a muscle relaxant, to make it through performances.
    — Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 27 June 2024
  • Xylazine is primarily used in veterinary practice as an animal muscle relaxant; it has not been approved for human use.
    — Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The sedative is also an analgesic and muscle relaxant, and can cause devastating skin wounds that, if left untreated, can lead to amputation.
    — Trisha Thadani, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2023
  • According to her family’s negligent death lawsuit, she was injected with a muscle relaxant in her upper left arm and discharged.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Beyond impaired sleep and a bad morning after, Zhou underscores that alcohol functions as a muscle relaxant.
    — Sharon Brandwein, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • Vaccine rates had plummeted after two children died in 2018 from a measles vaccine that a nurse had incorrectly mixed with a muscle relaxant.
    — Michelle R. Smith, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Shandor told me the Ukrainians were blindfolded, and that one was given an injection of a muscle relaxant designed to elicit information.
    — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The evening before Elijah was last seen, Vang had three 12-ounce beers and a muscle relaxant as a sleep aid, Vang told police, according to the complaint.
    — Paradise Afshar, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The case was revived after an analysis of Franco's tissue samples found morphine and a powerful muscle relaxant used in anesthesia in her system.
    — CBS News, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The impulse can act as a sort of muscle relaxant, a release valve that also, perhaps not incidentally, corresponds to periods of persistent discomfort or despair, or some kind of admixture of the two.
    — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
  • The inclusion of magnesium, a natural muscle relaxant essential for regulating the nervous system, helps lower cortisol levels and ease muscle tension.
    — Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Wellenstein also suggests using warm compresses or natural remedies like magnesium, a natural muscle relaxant, or boswellia, a natural anti-inflammatory.
    — Karla Walsh, Woman's Day, 15 July 2022

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