How to Use steroid in a Sentence
steroid
noun- He was accused of taking steroids.
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As for the volume and the muscle, Michael still belts like Tarzan on steroids.
— Arsenio Orteza, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2023 -
Won three gold medals at 2000 Olympics but stripped of medals for steroid use.
— Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2021 -
The horse was found to have 21 picograms of the steroid in his system, twice the legal limit.
— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2021 -
Also, once oral steroids are stopped the new hair may fall out again.
— Heather L. Brannon, Md, Verywell Health, 27 Jan. 2024 -
But there is good reason to think Trump 2.0 would be Trump 1.0 on steroids.
— Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024 -
New coach Sean Lewis has signed up to solve a Rubik’s Cube on steroids.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2023 -
He was paid $50 per package in return and took some of the steroids for his own use.
— Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024 -
If this was 15 years ago, there would be steroid whispers.
— Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 June 2021 -
But something even more potent and still very safe is what’s called the nasal steroid sprays.
— Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Dec. 2021 -
His family tried steroid creams, wet wraps, bleach baths, and all of the lotions.
— Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2023 -
In the end, the physician’s assistant declined to prescribe the steroids.
— John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023 -
Think of it as a whirl of happy hours on steroids, often with a check attached.
— Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Warning The first page of the fitness guide given to me has a big warning about steroid use.
— Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024 -
The brick-and-mortar bakery can only be described as the pop-up on steroids.
— Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024 -
Which steroid farm did Elon Musk visit to find someone strong enough to do the heavy lifting?
— Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023 -
Before cutting the set short, Maines said the group would try one more song while waiting for her steroid shot to kick in.
— Griffin Wiles, The Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2022 -
And so, not unlike the great awakening on steroid use at the turn of this century, the hunt is on.
— USA Today, 16 June 2021 -
The delicate, steroid-free formula makes this wash safe enough for even the youngest users.
— Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022 -
The optic nerve was still enormously swollen despite the five-day course of IV steroids.
— Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024 -
The study started after the end of baseball's infamous steroids era saw a spike in home runs.
— Seth Borenstein, ajc, 7 Apr. 2023 -
The study started after the end of baseball’s infamous steroids era saw a spike in home runs.
— Seth Borenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023 -
The most effective medicine for nasal symptoms are nasal steroid sprays, Rank said.
— Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024 -
Nasal steroid sprays, and jabs of platelet-rich blood plasma straight to the nose, could speed cellular healing.
— Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022 -
My leathery-looking, eczema-laden wrists are soaked in steroid cream and wrapped in bandages.
— Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 15 July 2024 -
In all essence snakeheads are bass on steroids, so the fact this combo held up to a fish of this caliber means any bass won’t stand a chance.
— Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 30 May 2024 -
Wrestling has all the drama of reality TV, but on steroids.
— Allison Morrow, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024 -
Corruption-wise, Trump has been spoken of as Nixon on steroids.
— Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024 -
Steroids always make blood sugar go up, but the effect differs among people and by the dose of steroid.
— Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2022 -
In 2008, she was sentenced to six months in prison for perjury after lying about her steroid use.
— Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
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