tranquilizer

Example Sentences

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You’d have needed a tranquilizer gun to keep him from chasing after the next story, and the next, and he was still telling stories until his death in 2015.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2025

The 18-day exercise involved tracking the rhinos using a helicopter and then shooting them with tranquilizer darts.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

So it hired a veterinarian who now goes out on the course, sneaking around and stalking kangaroos with a tranquilizer dart-gun.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2023

Officers scrambled to a veterinarian to get a tranquilizer gun and doses of the sedative, only to find that they did not need them.

From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2023

Owen guessed it was there for people outside the trap to be able to shoot the bear inside with a tranquilizer.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz