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variants also tranquillized

tranquilized

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verb

variants also tranquillized
past tense of tranquilize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tranquilized
Adjective
  • The 2025 Oscar acting nominees are nearing the end of their press and promotional campaigns, and nobody is more relieved to see that finish line than Hollywood’s stylists.
    Alison Edmond, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Unlike most horror movies, Julia and Francis don’t celebrate or feel relieved after surviving the serial killer.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Stormy seas along the California coast calmed a bit for the Christmas holiday, but powerful ocean waves were expected to return to the Bay Area for the rest of the week.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Things calmed down in the third period, but this game had an unusual level of feeling and emotion for a late December contest.
    Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • As for bags, the Script logo shopper was made in an even lighter, more relaxed shopping bag in an allover calfskin leather, suede or pony skin, while the Flap Bag reinterpreted a classic camera bag in smooth calfskin leather.
    Stephen Garner, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
  • When cruising at more relaxed speeds, the car soaked up the decidedly rough road surfaces extremely well for a car with such petite dimensions.
    Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Does taking bovine colostrum powder have health benefits?
    Victoria Moorhouse, Allure, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Take note, these softgels are not vegetarian or vegan, since they’re made from bovine gelatin.
    Allison Knott, MS, RDN, CSSD, Health, 26 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • The idea of a chic, dynamic pop culture was twinned with the self-image of phlegmatic Brits.
    Fintan O’Toole, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Capper struck me as phlegmatic about the power of the supermarkets.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
Adjective
  • The tone and point of view were lofty, sharp-eyed, seemingly impassive.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • But the dynamic is unmistakable: one person fully covered, powerful, impassive; the other stripped down, silent, available.
    Jessie Candlin, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Adichie’s protagonists are independent and deeply ambivalent, not so much aloof as detached, both from their love interests and from their own desires and aspirations.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
  • There’s a certain traditional stereotype of actors as people who are arrogant or self-confident, the sort of people who are overly serious, aloof, or pretentious.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Maybe being more dispassionate is one part of the equation.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Policymakers need unbiased and dispassionate analysis from the intelligence community, which in turn has to appreciate and respond to their interests and needs.
    Paul B. Stares, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2020
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“Tranquilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tranquilized. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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