How to Use phencyclidine in a Sentence

phencyclidine

noun
  • Police said Hall had a small amount of phencyclidine (PCP) at the time of his arrest.
    NBC News, 11 Apr. 2020
  • In both tests, levels of cocaine and phencyclidine, or PCP, in Robinson’s system were above the levels at which state law says a driver is presumed to be intoxicated.
    NBC News, 23 Mar. 2022
  • In both tests, levels of cocaine and phencyclidine, or PCP, in Robinson's system were above the levels at which state law says a driver is presumed to be intoxicated.
    Ken Ritter, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Prude also had the hallucinogen phencyclidine, or PCP, in his system.
    Gary Craig, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2020
  • The drugs for which tests are required are marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, phencyclidine (PCP) and opiates.
    Susan Scutti, CNN, 1 June 2017
  • The indictments allege that the defendants — all members or associates of the street gang, or alleged drug dealers who operated in gang territory — sold methamphetamine, crack cocaine, cocaine and phencyclidine (PCP).
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • One stage of the testing involved trying to reverse the effects phencyclidine, better known as PCP, which causes hyperactivity and other schizophrenialike behaviors.
    Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Excited delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP, were contributing factors, the report said.
    chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2020
  • The report lists excited delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP, as contributing factors.
    Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP, were listed as contributing factors.
    David Aaro, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The report cited excited delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP, as contributing factors.
    chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2020

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