How to Use tranquilize in a Sentence

tranquilize

verb
  • They tranquilized the bear with a dart so that it could be safely moved to a different area.
  • The littermate was found, tranquilized and brought back to the ranch.
    Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2019
  • If the coyotes are found, they'll be tranquilized and released outside of the area.
    Scottie Andrew and Melissa Alonso, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Current plans are to tranquilize Hank and his brethren, tag them, and move them to a place with few people.
    Nr Editors, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Many asked wildlife officials to do something for the moose, to tranquilize it and treat it.
    Mitchell Willetts, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2022
  • The jaguar was tranquilized by a vet team and returned to its enclosure.
    Fox News, 16 July 2018
  • The researchers took helicopters to find the bears, tranquilized them to put on the collars, and took weight and blood samples.
    Kendra Pierre-Louis, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
  • After Bull #33 was tranquilized, he was taken back to the zoo to be given more medicine.
    Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The drug is so strong that it is used to tranquilize large animals such as elephants.
    Nicholas Rondinone, courant.com, 20 June 2017
  • The hippos must first be located and tranquilized with a dart through their two-inch-thick skin.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The pair was tranquilized and tucked into the dens January 18.
    Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 24 Jan. 2018
  • This time, officials tracked it for six hours and tranquilized it.
    Ivaylo Vezenkov, CNN, 26 May 2017
  • The simple answer would be to tranquilize the giant mammals and transport them back to the reserve.
    Susan Goldberg, National Geographic, 9 Dec. 2021
  • And why did police have to kill the animal, instead of tranquilize it?
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The animal was tranquilized and later let loose in the wild; Mr. Lovett simply returned to work.
    Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Troopers plan to tranquilize the deer and remove the arrows, according to KOIN.
    Don Sweeney, sacbee, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The animal, which was found with a collar, was tranquilized.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Arizona Game and Fish sent out a team to tranquilize, remove and relocate that bear.
    Robert Gundran, azcentral, 31 May 2018
  • Over the past week, wildlife officials homed in, trying three times to tranquilize the bull without success.
    Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Mandy said the priority is to tranquilize the tiger with a dart gun and return it to its enclosure safely.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2023
  • They were tranquilized and captured just before 1 p.m., according to the MTA.
    Sarah Maslin Nir, The Seattle Times, 20 Aug. 2018
  • His plan was to tranquilize Hillary, with the help of a veterinarian friend, and take her by boat and truck to a refuge in Vacaville that had agreed to look after her.
    Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Every 20 months or so Hume, who breeds more rhinos than anyone in the world, tranquilizes the animals and dehorns them.
    Jani Actman, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2017
  • To do that, the conservation team will need to tranquilize him, and then airlift him by helicopter.
    smithsonianmag.com, 25 Dec. 2017
  • The lions were set to be tranquilized the following morning so authorities could search the area for clues.
    USA TODAY, 5 July 2018
  • Their goal was to tranquilize FP3 and replace the batteries in her tracking collar.
    Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Ultimately, Raum-Suryan and others had to tranquilize the animal and took him back to the water via truck and front-end loader.
    Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2022
  • About 90 minutes after he was discovered outside the habitat, Ben was tranquilized and moved to an indoor holding area, the zoo said at the time.
    Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Animal Services and police officers responded to try to tranquilize and trap the coyote, but it could not be located, the post said.
    Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The Game Commission also tranquilized the cubs, police said, and they are expected to be released in an unknown location.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024

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