opiate

Example Sentences

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Bonus: I need no more arthritis meds, no more opiates, no more braces and no cane.

From Seattle Times

But fame has a way of upgrading your perception of everything it touches; it installs a gloss that no one likes to revoke — the illusion it supplies is too effective an opiate.

From Los Angeles Times

This kind of faith — shared by many faiths — is not an opiate or a self-help manual.

From Washington Post

There was no possibility of an opiate just at present, and no need of one; and so, without a moment’s delay, we began the operation.

From Literature

And what opiate for his severe sufferings—what object for his strong passions—had he sought there?

From Literature