How to Use medicate in a Sentence

medicate

verb

• The patient had been heavily medicated.
• Even with a house call, your dog may still need to be medicated to reduce her stress.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• Joyce was a home health nurse who had gone to a halfway house to medicate one of her patients.
  — Seema Pillai, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2024
• They may be medicated or treated in ways that are not helpful.
  — John Elder Robison, STAT, 23 Mar. 2023
• Some were too stunned or medicated to move; others lashed out in fear and stress at handlers.
  — Jamie Tarabay, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
• There’s a way to medicate it, which is just taking medicine every single day.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2024
• Some people medicate their way around their grief with alcohol, drugs, and one-night stands.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 27 Sep. 2017
• Rather than medicate her and tell her to calm down, the doctor put on some music and watched as the girl began to dance.
  — Teresa M. Pelham, courant.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• Amelia, frightened by her son’s behavior, is forced to medicate him.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
• Some people may also self-medicate their low mood by drinking, which makes the problem worse.
  — Ashley Abramson, Health, 23 Jan. 2023
• Never frozen or medicated, the turkeys taste earthy with a whiff of fresh meadow and salty, ocean air.
  — Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
• But if that horse is medicated, the vet might not detect an issue that could later prove fatal.
  — Nick Watt, CNN, 21 June 2019
• The flies are far from the only animals to medicate themselves.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2012
• They are guarded, medicated and fed by the same prison employees.
  — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 13 Dec. 2023
• Kittens and cats that need to be medicated, spayed and neutered, that need to find homes for fostering and adoption.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
• And so the way a lot of people medicate loud anxiety is by doing something even louder.
  — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 2 June 2023
• The art and skill of focusing can be taught and may just help some children avoid being wrongly medicated.
  — Leslie Anne Tarabella, AL.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• In one, patients were confined to a locked unit and heavily medicated.
  — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2022
• Psychiatrists and psychologists talk to us, shock us and above all, medicate us to lift us from our funks.
  — John Horgan, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2021
• Allen seemed better around mid-April after he was medicated, Wala said.
  — Ron Wilkins, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2023
• Many of them don’t like the side effects of drugs; some prefer being manic to being medicated.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• Jack once again tries to reason with Nicky, who’s been self-medicating to make it through the days in Vietnam.
  — Candice Frederick, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Nov. 2018
• Dew points are still quite dry (into the 20s), so pollen sufferers may still need to medicate, though the very light winds should help.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
• What if fibromyalgia came down to a problem with the brain’s ability to medicate itself?
  — Erik Vance, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2014
• The plant the orangutan used to medicate is not usually eaten by the species, but it is known to humans as a pain reliever.
  — Evan Bush, NBC news, 14 May 2025
• His caregiver noticed an abscess on his leg Friday and took him to the vet, who medicated him.
  — Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, 2 Mar. 2018
• Shorten ended up in the hospital and was medicated until the nail passed through her system.
  — Mandy Major, Woman's Day, 3 Nov. 2010
• When medicated, Lofton is thoughtful and rational, just like in years past, his mother said.
  — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
• Lottie sees a future back home where she is once again medicated, the imbalances in her brain constrained rather than allowed to run wild.
  — Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
• He was medicated under court order to prevent him from harming himself.
  — Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026