How to Use dose in a Sentence

dose

1 of 2 noun

• The drug is lethal even in small doses.
• I've been taking the same dose for five years.
• Her parents hoped a daily dose of hard work would keep her out of trouble.
• He needs a good dose of reality.
• The birth dose was not removed.
  — Lauren Arikan, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
• That would mean three or four doses per day.
  — Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
• Here's where to get your dose of culture.
  — Julia Viele, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
• Few things are as bracing as a good dose of irony.
  — Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 5 Feb. 2026
• The ribbed trim and longer sleeves add a dose of structure.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
• Instead, they were served a heavy dose of red scare.
  — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
• The areas that received fog got a thick dose.
  — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
• Get that first dose done right in the hospital.
  — Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 Apr. 2026
• Here are some of our favorite ways to get our daily dose.
  — Embry Roberts, Martha Stewart, 24 May 2026
• Just not my cup of tea, or rather only in small doses.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
• Just not my cup of tea, or rather only in small doses.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
• But things changed that year when a dose was approved for newborns.
  — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
• Some are low-dose, cut-loose party fuel akin to a beer or glass of wine.
  — Kate Bernot, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
• The second dose is given around age 4.
  — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
• The child, who is younger than 5, received one dose of the vaccine.
  — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
• One of the easiest ways to get a daily dose?
  — Brianna Peters, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2026
• Most people need only one dose of the flu vaccine each year.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
• The result on court was a repeat dose of one-way traffic.
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• Gas fireplaces add an extra dose of comfort on cold nights.
  — Adam H. Graham, AFAR Media, 14 Oct. 2025
• The dose is even more potent when the White House is on the line.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• The challenge has always been what to do at the low end of the dose spectrum.
  — Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
• Consult with your healthcare provider to find the correct dose for you.
  — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 27 Jan. 2026
• Talk to your doctor about which magnesium type and dose is best for you.
  — Kirstyn Hill, Health, 1 Oct. 2025
• All sure to give you a dose of motivation for your next on-the-go look.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 20 Oct. 2023
• Most people who use these drugs will need a higher dose to maintain weight loss.
  — Jackie Fortiér, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
• The best defense is a healthy dose of skepticism.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025

dose

2 of 2 verb

• Most patients are dosed at 50 milligrams per day.
• When a tumor starts to shrink, doctors dose less.
  — Owen D. Jones, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
• Those hormones are not static inputs that can be dosed once.
  — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
• This also means that a boy can't be dosed twice, even if the benefits start to fade.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
• Most patches are dosed twice-weekly or once-weekly.
  — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 26 Feb. 2026
• The vaccine dose that works best in adults might cause a high fever in children, for instance.
  — Judy Martin, Quartz, 21 July 2021
• Baked beans dosed to within an inch of their lives with sugary sweetness and cloying spice.
  — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
• On top of the question of dosage is the question of how many doses a bottle or bag may contain.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
• Talk to your healthcare provider about other dosing options.
  — Beth Thomas, Verywell Health, 27 May 2026
• One study, for instance, found that, just like people, nematode worms dosed with cannabis get the munchies.
  — Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
• Fighting this variant could be, in many ways, a new and important reason to dose up again.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2021
• That means donanemab patients might only have to be dosed for short durations.
  — Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
• To dose the right amount onto hands, flip open the cap and gently tip the bottle without squeezing it.
  — Lynn Redmile, Good Housekeeping, 20 Oct. 2020
• Adults often show few or no symptoms, which experts say makes the birth dose even more important.
  — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
• As part of the November study, the team tested the pill on a pig that had been dosed with fentanyl.
  — Celia Ford, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2023
• Each bar has a layered base of chocolate and is dosed with 10 milligrams of hybrid cannabis oil.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• Your doctor may also adjust your semaglutide dose to ease symptoms.
  — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
• UMass raised funds to continue to follow the nine children who had already been dosed.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
• Make medicine time stress‑free with these soft, tasty treats that hide pills and turn dosing into a simple, snackable moment.
  — Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 25 May 2026
• Make medicine time stress‑free with these soft, tasty treats that hide pills and turn dosing into a simple, snackable moment.
  — Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
• On the rocks, or dosed with a measure of seltzer, a Spanish vermouth goes from lovely to perfect.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2023
• The book's strength lies in its straightforward writing dosed with just the right amount of technical detail.
  — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 9 Apr. 2023
• These drugs have been shown to help relieve symptoms of depression within hours, but each dose only works for a few days.
  — Nicholas Mischel, oregonlive, 22 Dec. 2020
• Taking breaks from our phones and social media, other stuff, like micro dosing.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
• In a challenge trial, the first step is to calibrate the virus dose the volunteers will be given.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2020
• If your healthcare provider prescribes Lexapro to you, discuss your dosing schedule with them.
  — Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2025
• Then, drug-averse singer Roger Daltrey got dosed with LSD in a cup of tea.
  — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
• The patient cannot evaluate whether the stent was placed correctly or the drug dosed properly.
  — Afnan R. Tariq, STAT, 8 July 2026
• The radiation dose from one quart of this water is equal to four bananas or a family-sized bag of potato chips.
  — James Conca, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
• Allen said dosing errors could be avoided by training more vascular medicine doctors.
  — David Cox, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026