How to Use barbiturate in a Sentence

barbiturate

noun

• At night, she was given barbiturates to help her sleep.
  — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Nov. 2025
• The pop culture icon died at the home after overdosing on barbiturates.
  — Cindy Vonquednow, CNN, 26 June 2024
• The state says drug makers stopped selling that barbiturate for lethal injections.
  — Fox News, 9 Aug. 2018
• The clinic’s staff gave the children barbiturates, which often led to their death by pneumonia.
  — Hannah Furfaro, Science | AAAS, 19 Apr. 2018
• Pike was heard snoring loudly as the barbiturate meant to kill her entered her system without ending her life.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
• The box with the barbiturates was still in the drawer, but Alisa could no longer make use of her husband’s wedding present.
  — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• The drug is a barbiturate that depresses the central nervous system and causes the heart to stop.
  — Tyler Spence, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2024
• Later that year, Garland would die of a barbiturate overdose.
  — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 29 Jan. 2020
• The autopsy report noted that a barbiturate was found in his system.
  — Matthew Haag and Caitlin Dickerson, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2018
• Nutt et al's expert panels rated barbiturates as the fourth most addictive substance.
  — Eric Bowman, CNN, 23 Jan. 2019
• To replace the paperweight with a bottle of a potent, near deadly barbiturate speaks volumes.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2020
• The studio gave the then-teenager barbiturates and amphetamines designed to wake her up in the morning, fall asleep at night, and control her weight.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2023
• Indeed, when that happens and death comes, the cause is the underlying condition, not an overdose of barbiturates.
  — Wesley J. Smith, National Review, 27 Sep. 2019
• Her father, who had long abused barbiturates and alcohol, killed himself, on his second try, in 1959.
  — Elsa Dixler, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2020
• Her diet is constantly scrutinised and food withheld from her; her managers force her to take amphetamines to curb her appetite and barbiturates to help her sleep.
  — N.e.g., The Economist, 1 Oct. 2019
• The autopsy report contains no evidence that the barbiturates had reached her liver or other vital organs.
  — Town & Country, 28 July 2023
• Monroe died in August 1962 from an overdose of barbiturates at age 36.
  — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 8 Mar. 2026
• The police allegedly found an eight-page note and a bottle of barbiturates at Sally’s side, and Sam identified his stepdaughter’s body.
  — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
• He had been fed a barbiturate earlier that evening by O'Neal, whose relationship with Hampton is explored in the drama.
  — Rachel Yang, EW.com, 23 Dec. 2020
• The protocol approves only a one-drug method of lethal injection, specifically pentobarbital, a barbiturate that can cause death.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
• The Sonoma County man took his life in August with 90 capsules of barbiturates prescribed by a physician and dissolved in apple juice.
  — Cathie Anderson, sacbee.com, 27 June 2017
• His lawyers argue lethal injection would subject him to cruel and unusual pain and that Floyd prefers safer alternatives, including a firing squad or a single dose of a barbiturate.
  — Scott Sonner, ajc, 29 June 2021
• Like many performers at the time, Elvis was a heavy user of a number of prescription medications including opiates, barbiturates, and sedatives.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 16 Mar. 2019
• When benzos were introduced to the market in the 1950s, there was excitement as they were considered safer compared to barbiturates, which had been used to treat anxiety.
  — Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2019
• To keep victims from remembering what happened, Ray gave them heavy barbiturates and other drugs that caused amnesia, according to authorities.
  — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
• Monroe was found dead at her home in Brentwood California in August 1962 and her death was caused by a barbiturate overdose.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2022
• For many actresses, channeling Monroe, who died 50 years ago at 36 of an overdose of barbiturates, is virtually a rite of passage.
  — Rebecca Mead, Allure, 29 May 2026
• Garland died of an accidental barbiturate overdose months after the tour ended in June 1969 in London.
  — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2018
• The Wizard of Oz star died in London in 1969 of an accidental barbiturate overdose just months after the tour ended.
  — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• He had been fed a barbiturate earlier that evening by informant William O'Neal, whose relationship with Hampton is explored in the drama.
  — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2020