How to Use suppressant in a Sentence

suppressant

noun
  • Sailors hit the flames with Halon, a fire suppressant, but the fire flashed back.
    — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 June 2017
  • Or how its presence wracks you with guilt, which is a natural appetite suppressant.
    — Lauren Bans, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017
  • The type of immune suppressant has a big effect on whether the vaccine will be effective.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 21 July 2021
  • Some people also use sea moss pills to help with weight loss, as sea moss is a natural appetite suppressant.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022
  • It's been used as an appetite suppressant for centuries, helping people stay full longer and eat less overall.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The plane made one water drop and had returned with suppressant when the crash occurred, the sheriff’s office said.
    — NBC News, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Apple cider vinegar is a natural appetite suppressant and weight-loss aid.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Garcinia cambogia is a common appetite suppressant in many of the best weight loss supplement brands.
    — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The sweet stuff may be practical as a cough suppressant medication.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Nopal Nopal extract contains high amounts of fiber and amino acids and acts as a natural appetite suppressant.
    — Dallas News, 25 May 2022
  • The immune suppressant rapamycin makes mice live longer, yet shrivels their testicles.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The immune suppressant rapamycin makes mice live longer, yet shrivels their testicles.
    — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2017
  • On the other hand, fire suppressants — like water, foam and chemicals —- are used to put out fires that have already broken out.
    — Tom Li, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Expectorants break up mucus, and cough suppressants block the cough reflex.
    — Emily Dashiell, Verywell Health, 12 Dec. 2024
  • To max the cough-soothing benefit of your cuppa, stir in a few drops of honey, which is a natural cough suppressant.
    — Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2022
  • By high school, she had been prescribed Dexedrine, an amphetamine then used as an appetite suppressant.
    — Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 9 May 2024
  • In the meantime, symptoms can be treated with over-the-counter drugs such as cough suppressants, nasal sprays and pain medicines like as ibuprofen and acetaminophen.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
  • For now, patients like Sauber are being treated with immune-suppressant drugs, with mixed results.
    — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, 14 July 2019
  • The newest and much-hyped obesity drugs are, at their core, powerful appetite suppressants.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The Portland fire was quickly put out by an internal fire suppressant inside the ballot box.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
  • This is exactly the time when trying an appetite suppressant, like Ozempic or semaglutide, may work.
    — Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Treat the symptoms with Tylenol or Advil, honey or a cough suppressant, and a decongestant.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 31 Dec. 2025
  • And the frontline treatment for the disease, a powerful immune suppressant known as methotrexate, seemed to have no effect.
    — Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Many of the hurdles around using drones have been cleared, but no drone exists yet that can carry enough suppressant to be useful on its own, says Roper.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Her daughter has to take immune suppressants due to an organ transplant in infancy, and the drugs make some vaccines dangerous to her.
    — Jason Laughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • Her table was filled with plants such as horehound, which can be used as a cough suppressant; chickweed, used to reduce fevers and hot flashes; and sow thistle, which feeds the heart.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
  • As wildfires have become more frequent and intense, so too have the amounts of suppressants required to extinguish them, the researchers noted.
    — Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Officials said fire suppressant protected nearly all the ballots in the Oregon drop box.
    — Layla Ferris, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The main purpose of Golden Superfood Bliss is to work as an appetite suppressant.
    — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Cough Suppressants Dextromethorphan is a cough suppressant that acts on the brain to reduce coughing.
    — Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 5 Feb. 2026

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