How to Use aspirin in a Sentence

aspirin

noun
  • Aspirin is effective in controlling headaches.
  • The station has too many headaches and not enough cash to pay for the aspirin.
    Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2024
  • To make the paste, crush an aspirin with a spoon and swirl it with a few drops of water.
    Sarah Wu, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Heparin and low-dose aspirin to reduce the risk of blood clots.
    USA Today, 14 Mar. 2021
  • And don't forget to have aspirin at hand the next morning.
    Erik Sherman, Fortune, 15 July 2019
  • All of us have been taking aspirin for headaches and muscle aches for the last many decades.
    NBC News, 25 Apr. 2021
  • When this runs out, some people will tell you to pop an aspirin in the water.
    Laura Lane, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2023
  • While ibuprofen or aspirin can help with the headache or body aches, steer clear from Tylenol, the experts warn.
    Kimberly Hickok, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The company hired a doctor who told the workers to take some aspirin and get back to work.
    Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Tomas’ body aches would be dulled by aspirin, but would never go away.
    Aidan McGloin, oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The numbers passed the threshold; the team concluded that the aspirin was working.
    Hannah Fry, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Stat! Low-dose aspirin has been linked to anemia in older adults.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
  • If this is a Super Bowl hangover, no aspirin will cure it.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2022
  • At the end of the 60s there came a wave of ball bearings, aspirins, cocktail olives: small, round things tumbling in picture space.
    Mark Rozzo, Vanities, 30 May 2018
  • For all our readers under the age of 55, Bufferin is an aspirin product.
    Jack Holmes, Esquire, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Yes, but there's a new study out that says champagne and aspirin is excellent for you.
    Fox News, 25 May 2018
  • Saner heads, and perhaps a few aspirins, prevailed in the morning light and no deal was struck.
    BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Were the patients who were more likely to live given aspirin?
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • His chest tightened, a pressure that has led to a daily aspirin habit.
    USA Today, 13 May 2020
  • But not enough pregnant women are getting the word that low-dose aspirin can help.
    Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 1 May 2024
  • The letter revealed that Trump took a daily aspirin and a low dose of statin, a drug used to lower cholesterol.
    Fortune, 8 Jan. 2018
  • After two months of headaches that aspirin couldn’t fix, the pain in Janet Sutherland’s head grew too terrible to bear.
    John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Some say a little shot of vodka will get the job done; others argue that aspirin is the answer.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The shelves are stocked with paper towels and toilet paper, aspirin and fresh eggs.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Or, try scrubbing out the stain with aspirin or baking soda.
    Jolie Kerr, Teen Vogue, 17 July 2018
  • Many people are prescribed low-dose aspirin for heart health.
    CNN, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Apart from an aspirin, an antacid, and something for bladder control, Al doesn’t even take any drugs.
    Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 3 Oct. 2018
  • Those who are taking daily aspirin and have questions should talk with their healthcare provider, the task force said.
    Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The ambulance carries aspirin, EpiPens and medications to help treat chest pain and asthma.
    Tim Evans, NPR, 4 Sep. 2024
  • People who were hospitalized for Covid but who were also taking low-dose aspirin had no increase in the likelihood of a subsequent heart attack or stroke.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024

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