How to Use relaxant in a Sentence

relaxant

noun

• That night, Leonard drove to the couple’s home, took 10 muscle relaxants, and then used the same red duct tape to attach the hose to the exhaust pipe of his idling car.
  — Michael Gordon, charlotteobserver, 21 Feb. 2018
• Diazepam is a sleep aid, muscle relaxant and a medicine that helps fight anxiety and seizures.
  — Grant Schulte, The Seattle Times, 6 Aug. 2018
• Seseli is a mild sedative and muscle relaxant that could have been used to calm the suffering children.
  — Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 19 Nov. 2017
• She was cited for possessing muscle relaxant pills and a glass tube that was burnt on one end.
  — Joseph Clark, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2019
• Three of the five patients had been prescribed the lethal mix of painkillers, muscle relaxants and anti-anxiety drugs.
  — CBS News, 24 June 2017
• Just one week after the attacks, he was prescribed a muscle relaxant for a backache.
  — Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
• Chloe has been visiting Diane in order to feed her the same canine muscle relaxant pills that she was once forced to take.
  — Rosie Knight, refinery29.com, 3 Apr. 2021
• Dorothy’s one medication, a Tier 4 muscle relaxant with a full cost of $2.26, is subject to the deductible.
  — Diane Omdahl, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
• He's found muscle relaxants and a blood pressure medicine Clonidine work for some people.
  — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 30 May 2018
• In the room where Green was found, investigators found one pill of a muscle-relaxant, three pain pills and a digital scale, the complaint said.
  — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 4 May 2018
• Your doctor may suggest a prescription medicine, such as a muscle relaxant for tension headaches or one of the migraine drugs.
  — Jill U. Adams, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
• The optician failed to get a reading initially because my 'eyeballs were too stressed' and had to use muscle-relaxant drops.
  — Eleanor Morgan, refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2021
• That’s because progesterone wears many hats and also acts as a smooth muscle relaxant.
  — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2021
• Dried Apricots Apricots are rich in magnesium, which is a stress-buster and a natural muscle relaxant as well.
  — Marie Claire, 21 Mar. 2010
• Chelsea's body is exhumed; tests show presence of a muscle relaxant, succinylcholine.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 18 Apr. 2018
• Distrust of the health system was fuelled by the death last year of two babies who had mistakenly been administered a muscle relaxant along with the vaccine.
  — The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019
• Complex from Syn-Ake: This synthetic peptide works as a muscle relaxant.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 5 Nov. 2019
• Chelsea was given a fatal injection of a muscle relaxant and Rolando received a large injection of a blood thinner.
  — Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2020
• Methamphetamine, oxycodone, the muscle relaxant carisoprodol and the anti-anxiety drug meprobamate were later found in Mandril’s blood.
  — Chico Enterprise-Record, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2019
• The bright, cheery scent can simultaneously raise your spirits and reduce anxiety, making it an all-in-one mood enhancer and relaxant.
  — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• Laughing for 10 minutes before sleeping is its own relaxant.
  — New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021
• And Vicodin is ingested as a relaxant, available from students with prescriptions or on an online black market.
  — Kyle Spencer, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
• Jones is indicted in Kerr County on a charge of murdering Chelsea and causing injuries to six other children by injecting them with muscle relaxant.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 18 Apr. 2018
• Hot Decision, who won the eighth race at Santa Anita on March 29, tested positive for methocarbamol, a muscle relaxant.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2019
• Police found three different prescription drugs in Conroy’s car after the crash—a pain killer, anti-psychotic and muscle relaxant.
  — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• Cisatracurium is a paralytic used in surgeries as a skeletal muscle relaxant.
  — Jacob Gershman, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018
• The combination includes the sedative diazepam, which is often sold under the brand name Valium; the muscle relaxant cisatracurium; and fentanyl, according to the statement.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 1 Sep. 2017
• The black widow's bite releases venom that causes chest pain and muscle cramps, which can usually be remedied with anti-venom or muscle relaxant.
  — Michelle Lou, CNN, 28 July 2019
• Once unconsciousness was confirmed, the rest of the chemicals began to flow through the IV lines: a muscle relaxant called rocuronium bromide, and potassium chloride, to induce cardiac arrest.
  — New York Times, 5 Dec. 2021
• These drugs include propofol, midazolam, and hydromorphone — all of which are used to sedate — as well as the drugs pancuronium bromide, which is a muscle relaxant, and potassium chloride, which stops the heart.
  — Abdullah Shihipar, Teen Vogue, 30 Oct. 2018

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