How to Use pentobarbital in a Sentence

pentobarbital

noun

• At the time, the state was out of pentobarbital, the drug used in lethal injections.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
• The pentobarbital didn’t kill her, but her lawyers said her arms were burned and blistered from the caustic drugs.
  — Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
• His head was shaking slightly as the lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital began.
  — NBC News, 28 June 2018
• As a result, states looking to use pentobarbital in their procedures had to look elsewhere to buy the drug.
  — Abdullah Shihipar, Teen Vogue, 30 Oct. 2018
• Neither the initial nor the backup dose of pentobarbital worked.
  — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
• Hawley wrote that the lethal dose of pentobarbital could be administered through a leg or other vein instead of the arm.
  — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2018
• If the state’s previous drug, pentobarbital, were available, the state would use it, attorneys for the state say.
  — Jonathan Mattise, The Seattle Times, 6 Aug. 2018
• As the pentobarbital took effect, Ramey took a deep breath, sputtered and began snoring.
  — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
• On Wednesday night, with a dose of pentobarbital pumped into a vein, Ricks’ wish was fulfilled.
  — Emerson Clarridge updated March 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
• The first drug, sodium thiopental or pentobarbital, put the inmate to sleep; the second brought on paralysis; and the third stopped the heart.
  — Steve Almasy, CNN, 5 Dec. 2019
• Moral objections to the death penalty are at the heart of the issue surrounding pentobarbital.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024
• The glass could’ve been how Abby got the pentobarbital in Merritt’s system.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
• Ernest Johnson died from an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2021
• Georgia plans to use pentobarbital, seen as a more reliable drug, to induce unconsciousness and then death.
  — Tracy Connor, NBC News, 15 May 2017
• As the lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital began flowing, Ramey took a deep breath, sputtered and began snoring.
  — Michael Graczyk, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
• Barr has approved a new procedure for lethal injections that replaces a three-drug cocktail with a single drug, pentobarbital.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2019
• For the executions, the government will use one drug, pentobarbital, instead of a three-drug cocktail.
  — Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz, 25 July 2019
• This would replace the three-drug cocktail used in past federal executions with a single drug called pentobarbital.
  — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2019
• Bucklew has proposed that the state use lethal gas instead of an injection of pentobarbital, if the execution is carried out.
  — Mark Sherman, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• In September, after 14 great years that quickly went bad, Biff took a shot of pentobarbital in a lame leg and passed away.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2021
• He was executed with a lethal dose of the depressant drug pentobarbital, according to the outlet.
  — Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
• One needle carrying the lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital was inserted in his right arm, the usual procedure.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 25 Sep. 2024
• Goodall took his life with an intravenous drip of pentobarbital, a chemical often used as an anesthetic but which is lethal in excessive doses.
  — Philipp Jenne, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 May 2018
• Lab results from tests of the ingredient in which pentobarbital was found confirmed the animal fat was sourced from cow, chicken, and pig, which are common sources in pet food.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 4 Mar. 2018
• Johnson was strapped to a gurney and injected with lethal doses of pentobarbital, according to Reuters.
  — Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2021
• As the lethal dose of the powerful sedative pentobarbital began, Ochoa closed his eyes and had no visible reaction.
  — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2020
• If put to death, Wilson would be the second Georgia prisoner to die from an injection of pentobarbital this year.
  — Joshua Sharpe, ajc, 13 June 2019
• She was rushed to hospital, still breathing, after receiving two doses of pentobarbital.
  — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 1 Oct. 2026
• The state will use pentobarbital to execute O’Steen.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2025
• The staffing shakeup comes just three days after Pike survived a double dose of pentobarbital, which the state uses to execute prisoners.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026