How to Use pentobarbital in a Sentence

pentobarbital

noun

• The first drug, sodium thiopental or pentobarbital, put the inmate to sleep; the second brought on paralysis; and the third stopped the heart.
  — Steve Almasy, CNN, 5 Dec. 2019
• Fourteen states have used pentobarbital in more than 200 executions, and the Supreme Court has upheld the use of the drug.
  — Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY, 25 July 2019
• The agency notes the levels of pentobarbital found in the withdrawn cans is at a low level, and will unlikely pose a health risk to pets.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2018
• In September, after 14 great years that quickly went bad, Biff took a shot of pentobarbital in a lame leg and passed away.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2021
• Ernest Johnson died from an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2021
• As a result, states looking to use pentobarbital in their procedures had to look elsewhere to buy the drug.
  — Abdullah Shihipar, Teen Vogue, 30 Oct. 2018
• If the state’s previous drug, pentobarbital, were available, the state would use it, attorneys for the state say.
  — Jonathan Mattise, The Seattle Times, 6 Aug. 2018
• His head was shaking slightly as the lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital began.
  — NBC News, 28 June 2018
• Hawley wrote that the lethal dose of pentobarbital could be administered through a leg or other vein instead of the arm.
  — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2018
• He was scheduled to die by injection of the sedative pentobarbital at the state prison in Jackson at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
  — CBS News, 17 May 2022
• Moral objections to the death penalty are at the heart of the issue surrounding pentobarbital.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024
• Kevin Johnson, 37, died after an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre.
  — Jim Salter, ajc, 30 Nov. 2022
• If put to death, Wilson would be the second Georgia prisoner to die from an injection of pentobarbital this year.
  — Joshua Sharpe, ajc, 13 June 2019
• The lawyers presented evidence that the drug, a sedative called pentobarbital, would flood the prisoners’ lungs with froth and foam, causing pain and terror akin to death by drowning.
  — Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica, 11 Jan. 2021
• Lab results from tests of the ingredient in which pentobarbital was found confirmed the animal fat was sourced from cow, chicken, and pig, which are common sources in pet food.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 4 Mar. 2018
• For the executions, the government will use one drug, pentobarbital, instead of a three-drug cocktail.
  — Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz, 25 July 2019
• As the lethal dose of the powerful sedative pentobarbital began, Ochoa closed his eyes and had no visible reaction.
  — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2020
• Johnson was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. and died shortly after from an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre.
  — Kyle Morris, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2021
• Carlton Gary, 67, is scheduled to die by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital on Thursday evening at the state prison in Jackson.
  — Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
• Bucklew has proposed that the state use lethal gas instead of an injection of pentobarbital, if the execution is carried out.
  — Mark Sherman, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• Seconds later, at 6:25 p.m., Ochoa was injected with a lethal dose of pentobarbital.
  — Imelda García, Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2020
• Travis Runnels, 46, did not give a final statement before he was given a lethal dose of the powerful sedative pentobarbital.
  — Fox News, 12 Dec. 2019
• Johnson was strapped to a gurney and injected with lethal doses of pentobarbital, according to Reuters.
  — Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2021
• Georgia plans to use pentobarbital, seen as a more reliable drug, to induce unconsciousness and then death.
  — Tracy Connor, NBC News, 15 May 2017
• While 31 states have the death penalty, more than half of executions in the U.S. this year were carried out by Texas, whose single-drug protocol uses a lethal dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital.
  — Jacob Gershman, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018
• J.W. Ledford Jr. is set to be put to death Tuesday by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital.
  — Kate Brumback, Fox News, 12 May 2017
• Barr has approved a new procedure for lethal injections that replaces a three-drug cocktail with a single drug, pentobarbital.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2019
• The drug, pentobarbital, is used as a sedative, anesthetic or to euthanize animals, the FDA said.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• This would replace the three-drug cocktail used in past federal executions with a single drug called pentobarbital.
  — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2019
• Creech's attorneys with the Federal Defender Services of Idaho said in a statement that state officials tried and failed 10 times to access veins in both of his arms and legs to inject him with the lethal injection drug pentobarbital.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024