How to Use depressant in a Sentence

depressant

noun

• Just because the two are linked doesn't mean that anti-depressants cause autism.
  — Redbook, 7 July 2011
• As a depressant drug, Hunt said during the training, opioids tell the body to shut down, and in the case of an overdose, stop breathing.
  — Kate Magill, Howard County Times, 23 Aug. 2017
• With a bottle of cheap booze or with heavy doses of anti-depressants?
  — Curtis Silver, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2010
• And he’s been prescribed anti-depressants but no longer takes them.
  — Steve & Mia, Philly.com, 5 Oct. 2017
• Both of those opioid drugs, like prescription painkillers, are depressants that slow down messages between the brain and the body.
  — Aubrey Whelan, Philly.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• Purcell was prescribed anti-depressants, which helped him get over the hump to start building a new life in Melbourne.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 30 July 2019
• As a woman who is currently on anti-depressants and was on them during two of my five pregnancies, this shook me to the core.
  — Redbook, 7 July 2011
• Should we be concerned that Abby has gone off her anti-depressants and is no longer making an effort to learn French?
  — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Sales of the anti-depressant Seroquel XR dropped 58 percent.
  — Danica Kirka, The Seattle Times, 27 July 2017
• Alcohol is a depressant that can alter the serotonin levels in the brain which help regulate mood.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2022
• An autopsy revealed Brzyski suffered from heart disease and was full of vodka and anti-depressants at the time of his death.
  — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2018
• Alcohol is a depressant and can interfere with your sleep.
  — Cincinnati.com, 18 Dec. 2017
• Adding xylazine to fentanyl, which is also a depressant, increases the already high odds of overdose.
  — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2022
• Jones said he was guided by CDC guidance that a depressant, such as marijuana, should not be used to treat depression.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 6 May 2021
• Himmel said her daughter has been to counseling on and off for the last two years and takes anti-depressants, both of which began after the bullying started.
  — Michael Katz and Christina Lords, idahostatesman, 19 Mar. 2018
• In each compartment were two pills in pastel green, but in addition to the retrovirals there were buttons of white anti-depressant.
  — Kate Osana Simonian, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
• The spike in meth use coincides with an existing opiate crisis, and many people have turned to using both the depressant and stimulant.
  — oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2019
• While caffeine is a stimulant and alcohol is a depressant, both can disrupt sleep.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
• Massive supplies of cheap P2P meth had created demand for a stimulant out of a market for a depressant.
  — Sam Quinones, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2021
• Eating healthy, staying away from excess alcohol (a depressant) and getting plenty of sleep will also put your body — and mind — in a better mood.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 May 2020
• Here, soothing colors are used for depressants and fiery colors for stimulants.
  — Brian Sodoma and Clare Gersh, azcentral, 19 Apr. 2018
• Prebble’s script tells the story of two volunteers who fall for each other in a clinical trial for an anti-depressant.
  — Hannah Herrera Greenspan, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2019
• In high dose experiments, Phenibut and f-phenibut can act as central nervous system depressants [18].
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• Because alcohol is a depressant, drinking can drown your mood.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Nov. 2020
• Quaalude, a synthetic depressant, was once quite literally the perfect date-rape drug.
  — Aliya S. King, The Root, 13 June 2017
• And yet another found that living near trees reduced people’s need for anti-depressants.
  — Nicole Brodeur, The Seattle Times, 12 Sep. 2017
• But gridlock in Congress has acted as a depressant for Democratic voters and activists.
  — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2021
• It’s classified as a depressant, which means alcohol slows down your brain and bodily functions as its consumed.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022
• Trazodone, an anti-depressant sometimes used as a sedative.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 13 Dec. 2019
• Phenibut is a central nervous system depressant in high doses [21], so precautions similar to those for overdose of sedatives and opioids are warranted.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 21 Aug 2024