How to Use sedation in a Sentence

sedation

noun
  • For some patients, sedation may be necessary.
  • One of the cubs awoke from the sedation and made a run for it.
    — JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Patients also will not need sedation or need to miss a day of work to do the stool test.
    — Dr. Kimberly Loo, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Luka was placed on heavy sedation, but even that wasn't enough to stop his heavy thrashing.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Patients must take time off work and arrange for someone to pick them up due to sedation.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Doctors will start you on an IV for sedation and pain medicine.
    — Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Because of the eye patch and sedation, patients will need to arrange for a ride home.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Chucky, likely groggy from sedation, was put into a trash can in the back of a truck.
    — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2018
  • Once the stronger sedation hit, the surgeons took him to CT scan.
    — Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2015
  • My extra spicy long fur cat gets that exact cut, under sedation, of course!
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
  • Any time staff tried to wean him off sedation, his oxygen levels would plummet.
    — Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Lacy was able to stand and eagerly tear into a bag of hay when the sedation wore off, video shows.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2024
  • Dafna faints and is put under sedation, while Michael is in shock.
    — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2017
  • If that happens, talk to the vet about whether sedation rather than anesthesia could be used.
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • To treat that pain, doctors prescribe a wide range of drugs that can cause sedation and dizziness.
    — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • For three weeks, Horenstein was unable to speak to his client due to the heavy sedation.
    — Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
  • Heavy sedation kept Carter's physical pain at bay for a while.
    — Madeleine Stix, CNN, 12 June 2019
  • After a while, some patients will be awake with no sedation and breathing with that when they get used to it.
    — al, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Then there are tests that require sedation in a doctor’s office.
    — Amy Marturana Winderl, Men's Health, 9 Dec. 2022
  • With Kari weaned off sedation, the transplant process moved forward.
    — Adam Geller, chicagotribune.com, 22 Apr. 2021
  • No sedation is used, and the entire appointment is quick.
    — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Does anyone have tips for bringing a toddler on a plane that don't involve sedation?
    — Kim Fusaro, Woman's Day, 12 Jan. 2012
  • And after a few hours of complete sedation, the mice seemed to recover.
    — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2022
  • When using sedation, patients tend to come around quickly.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The dog is so aggressive that he cannot be boarded and needs heavy sedation for normal vet visits.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The doctors tried repeatedly to bring him out of the sedation, but his body went rigid every time.
    — Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2019
  • The resilient pup was put under sedation and had his wounds flushed and cleaned out, stitched up and was put on antibiotics right away.
    — Arizona Republic, azcentral, 22 Nov. 2019
  • In October, doctors tried to wake him up from the four or five sedation drugs he was given.
    — Arkansas Online, 15 May 2022
  • The pre-teen was given light sedation as a doctor quickly removed the needle.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • All too often, pets whose families leave spend the process fighting the sedation and searching for them.
    — Ace Ratcliff, SELF, 25 Oct. 2018

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