How to Use tranquilizer in a Sentence

tranquilizer

noun
  • Each day, the children line up for a dose of tranquilizer pills.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Vets were on hand with tranquilizer guns to be used as a last resort if needed.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2021
  • One of them manages to stick a syringe full of tranquilizers in her thigh.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • He's been shot twice by bullets and other times by tranquilizer darts.
    — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The agency said the bears had been found in a tree and were captured using a tranquilizer.
    — CBS News, 19 May 2022
  • Tests on the cheesecake showed the presence of the tranquilizer.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The men capture moose in much the same way, using tranquilizer darts instead of nets.
    — Laura Ungar, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • So Coombs went back to his vehicle to get a tranquilizer gun.
    — Doug Smith Senior Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Buzbee also said that many of his clients claim Puff used horse tranquilizers to sedate them.
    — Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The culprit is a batch of heroin cut with elephant tranquilizer.
    — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2017
  • The doctor nods and writes out a prescription for the mother—a tranquilizer to get her through.
    — Juliana Barbassa, Vogue, 5 May 2016
  • Xylazine is legal as a horse tranquilizer, but it’s not approved for human use.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Carfentanyl is an elephant tranquilizer, and just a few grains can kill humans.
    — Jerry Mitchell and Laura Ungar, The Courier-Journal, 28 Jan. 2018
  • The first scene in the movie shows a rhinoceros being shot with a tranquilizer gun and then having its horn sheared off.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2017
  • In the second room, Ahav’s eyes were drooping as the tranquilizer took effect.
    — Hannah Dreier, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2020
  • The Israeli family takes tranquilizers to try and sleep, and to ignore the sound of the key.
    — Valeria Verbaro, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Wildlife officers found the cub in a tree and immobilized her with a tranquilizer dart.
    — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 30 June 2018
  • After a long chase, game wardens were successful in hitting the bear with a tranquilizer dart.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, latimes.com, 1 June 2018
  • Little Joe was shot at least four times with tranquilizer darts before he was captured and returned to the zoo.
    — Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Wilson said because servals like Juno are very fast, the best way to catch him would be using a tranquilizer.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 1 May 2018
  • Prosecutors believe the cap was from a syringe used to fill a tranquilizer dart.
    — CBS News, 30 Apr. 2022
  • There was no working tranquilizer rifle found in the Morphew's home.
    — CBS News, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Just traces of carfentanil, an elephant tranquilizer, can be deadly to those exposed to it.
    — Erika Butler, The Aegis, 15 June 2017
  • Too much tranquilizer and the animal might die; not enough and the animal will only be enraged by it.
    — Chris Jones, Esquire, 6 Feb. 2012
  • Used as a tranquilizer for livestock, xylazine is cheap and allows drug dealers to use less of the more costly fentanyl.
    — The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Wang said the first leopard was caught by park employees on April 21 with a tranquilizer dart.
    — Author: Eva Dou, Lyric Li, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2021
  • Spike takes one of Kelson's tranquilizer darts filled with morphine and stabs Samson in the arm with it.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • If your pet has a history of extreme reactions to fireworks, talk to your vet about tranquilizers.
    — Leada Gore, AL.com, 4 July 2017
  • This too is a common sight, and a symptom of fentanyl laced with the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • But in 2023, the tranquilizer was the culprit in seven deaths, a number not seen in six years.
    — José Luis Martínez, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2024

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