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noun

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Recent Examples of hypnotic
Adjective
However, there was no increase in the number of prescriptions for anti-psychotics or hypnotics. Jen Christensen, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024 Unlike telepaths, who can read minds, hypnotics have the power to control them, reshaping a person’s reality and redirecting their impulses. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
Noun
The result is eye-catching and hypnotic, funny and bizarre. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025 The hypnotic beat of thundering taiko drums, a symbolic community folk dance, a serene stroll on winding garden paths and heartfelt messages to lost loved ones penned on slips of paper. Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hypnotic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypnotic
Adjective
  • Rana forces herself to create a soothing, familial tone.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The Office fans might find this generic workplace comedy soothing.
    Judy Berman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yet, unlike cortisol, oxytocin will have an effect on your body akin to that of a sedative.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Didn't go to the hospital just took Benadryl [antihistamine and sedative] for about two weeks.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Jacintha, a horseback rider, was familiar with ketamine as a horse tranquilizer but had never heard of it as a last-stop mental health treatment for treatment-resistant patients like Lucy, who was diagnosed with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The program tests for various drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and other opioids, as well as xylazine, an animal tranquilizer that authorities have warned is increasingly being found mixed in with other drugs.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • On top of that, concerns in Washington were mounting over the trafficking of the deadly narcotic fentanyl within mail and small packages.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a narcotic detective, Roman (Regina King), who’s aggressively sniffing around after Hank catches a serious beating.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The YouTube search results have warped into an apparent AI breeding ground, crammed with hourlong mixes full of soporific dreck.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 2 July 2025
  • Prince Valiant Much of Spaceballs' plot kicks off when Daphne Zuniga's Princess Vespa runs away from her soporific betrothed, Prince Valium (the mighty Jim J. Bullock), at the altar.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • Both have been charged with first-degree murder, three counts of possession of opiate, opium, narcotic, or certain stimulant, and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Officers deployed Narcan, a nasal spray commonly used to reverse the impacts of an opiate overdose, to those who were exposed, Waters said.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • There’s nothing quite as soothing as the drowsy calmness that washes over you when your partner runs their hands through your hair.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The DeWine administration cited driver safety as a catalyst for the project: officials noted that truck drivers who can't find a parking spot are known to drive drowsy or pull over to sleep in unsafe areas.
    Annie Goldman, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025
Adjective
  • While there are a half-dozen or so worthy books on the list, most of them are somnolent doctoral theses that probably should not have been acquired in the first place.
    George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025
  • Alan Fox’s script is rife with clunkers (the somnolent Ilfenesh Hadera, as David’s wife Pam, explains with haunting detail which items of decor on the dining table can be moved where by the police), and the intrusive score is the equivalent of garish wall-to-wall carpeting.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 20 May 2025

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