Used in a Sentence

sedated

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sedated.

Editorial note

Its not like they're being sedated and put into restraints for all 22 hours of that flight.

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Quick take

under the influence of a sedative drug

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sedated gathered in one view.

adjective

under the influence of a sedative drug

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sedated.

adjective

under the influence of a sedative drug

Example sentences

1

Its not like they're being sedated and put into restraints for all 22 hours of that flight.

2

Telemetry links can be cut or spoofed, dogs can be trapped or sedated, guards can be bought-off or scared-off.

3

It's possible to give birth in a giant hospital with medical professionals present without being prone and sedated, though.

4

There are procedures where you are sedated and those are the ones they try to induce amnesia about the event.

5

They were heavily sedated and given a bed at one facility or the other, medicated further, and then released without follow-up.

6

Usually you confine them to the closed psychiatric ward, to either be sedated or locked up there instead of in prison.

7

The entire world is full of academic that have been sedated by failing school systems.

8

He needed surgery, not urgently but in the meantime he had to be kept sedated.

9

Experiments on sedated sheep and partially ventilated anesthetized pigs have been unsuccessful, suggesting that application to large mammals may not be feasible.

10

Prone and sedated is just about the worst possible way to have a kid.

11

At most, they could keep a sedated patient fully oxygenated for about 10 minutes.

12

I guarantee you a huge percentage of the women who die every year giving birth are not 'prone and sedated'.

Quote examples

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Some people think excessive has to mean "needs to be sedated before someone can take the phone off his hands".

2

It isn't that the downsides of sedated, prone births were "missed" so much as that they were part of the best birth technology of the time and innovation and changes in viewing that technology do not happen quickly.

3

Linkbait title, but the (I'm being generous here) thesis is this: the human species has lost prowess (strength, endurance, intelligence) by shifting from our "native" hunter-gatherer diet and activity level, to a sedated lifestyle based upon agriculture.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sedated in a sentence?

Its not like they're being sedated and put into restraints for all 22 hours of that flight.

What does sedated mean?

under the influence of a sedative drug

What part of speech is sedated?

sedated is commonly used as adjective.