How to Use tranquilize in a Sentence

tranquilize

verb
  • They tranquilized the bear with a dart so that it could be safely moved to a different area.
  • This time, officials tracked it for six hours and tranquilized it.
    — Ivaylo Vezenkov, CNN, 26 May 2017
  • The littermate was found, tranquilized and brought back to the ranch.
    — Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2019
  • The drug is so strong that it is used to tranquilize large animals such as elephants.
    — Nicholas Rondinone, courant.com, 20 June 2017
  • The jaguar was tranquilized by a vet team and returned to its enclosure.
    — Fox News, 16 July 2018
  • Many asked wildlife officials to do something for the moose, to tranquilize it and treat it.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2022
  • The hippos must first be located and tranquilized with a dart through their two-inch-thick skin.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • If the coyotes are found, they'll be tranquilized and released outside of the area.
    — Scottie Andrew and Melissa Alonso, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Wildlife officers made the decision to tranquilize the moose and get it out of the city.
    — Mitchell Byars, Axios, 29 May 2025
  • Current plans are to tranquilize Hank and his brethren, tag them, and move them to a place with few people.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022
  • And why did police have to kill the animal, instead of tranquilize it?
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The team was able to tranquilize and capture the mountain lion by nightfall.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • Shiela, a petting zoo kangaroo, was later tranquilized with a dart.
    — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
  • Rangers had to step in and tranquilize the animal to remove the lights, Shaffer said.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Over the past week, wildlife officials homed in, trying three times to tranquilize the bull without success.
    — Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The researchers took helicopters to find the bears, tranquilized them to put on the collars, and took weight and blood samples.
    — Kendra Pierre-Louis, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
  • After Bull #33 was tranquilized, he was taken back to the zoo to be given more medicine.
    — Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The simple answer would be to tranquilize the giant mammals and transport them back to the reserve.
    — Susan Goldberg, National Geographic, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The animal was tranquilized and was loaded onto a pickup around noon.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Authorities eventually were able to tranquilize the bear and get it out of the tree.
    — Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 14 June 2025
  • Sheila was tranquilized and recovered by owner, Patrick Starr, at the scene.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • To do that, the conservation team will need to tranquilize him, and then airlift him by helicopter.
    — smithsonianmag.com, 25 Dec. 2017
  • The owner of the emus is working with law enforcement to tranquilize and recapture them.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Mandy said the priority is to tranquilize the tiger with a dart gun and return it to its enclosure safely.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Arizona Game and Fish sent out a team to tranquilize, remove and relocate that bear.
    — Robert Gundran, azcentral, 31 May 2018
  • The pair was tranquilized and tucked into the dens January 18.
    — Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The lions were set to be tranquilized the following morning so authorities could search the area for clues.
    — USA TODAY, 5 July 2018
  • The purpose of that medication is not really to treat an illness, but to tranquilize them.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, latimes.com, 21 June 2018
  • The report states the dog was eventually subdued and tranquilized.
    — Cain Buchmeier, Post-Tribune, 5 July 2018
  • If the archery fails to tranquilize you, daily spa treatments are included in the resort’s all-inclusive rates.
    — Bob Cooper, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2017

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