sedation
Example Sentences
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Once the sedation took effect the team had one minute to free him before there was serious risk of breathing difficulties.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
These adverse events included dizziness, sedation, and nausea, with increases described as moderate to large.
From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025
Kotcheff’s daughter Kate Kotcheff said via email that he died peacefully while under sedation Thursday night in a hospital in Nuevo Nayarit, Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
In the weeks that followed, she underwent more surgeries, sedation and intubation.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2024
The doctors encouraged her to take a rest—Ernest would be slow coming out of sedation, they said—so she repaired to a late-night coffee shop.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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