truth serum

Example Sentences

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As the YouTube hit demonstrates, hot sauce isn’t just for daredevils and masochists: It’s a truth serum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

And so, in the real world, one submits to these devices nervously, as one would to some kind of truth serum or all-seeing eye: There is no hiding here.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2023

“You can put me on the rack, the truth serum, whatever. I did not do it. … I did not shoot those people,” Titus said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Though occasionally used in court, forensic hypnosis was no truth serum.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2023

I don’t need to search myself for my deepest, darkest secrets to know that truth serum is the last thing.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth