How to Use psychedelic in a Sentence

psychedelic

1 of 2 noun
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  • The most promising pipeline medicines for PTSD come from the world of psychedelics.
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 22 Dec. 2023
  • But in the past few years, the conversation around psychedelics has begun to shift.
    — Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Last year, Rodgers expounded further on the role of psychedelics in his life.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
  • The psychedelic is about everything, the art, the walls.
    — Andy Wang, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The effect is monastic — but with a touch of the psychedelic.
    — Alice Cavanagh, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • In June, Rodgers was the keynote speaker at a convention for psychedelics.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Lucy’s plan was to then buy more psychedelics companies that trade for less than their cash value.
    — Tiffany Kary, Fortune, 31 July 2023
  • There’s been a lot of hype around psychedelics lately, and justifiably so.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • He’s been pushing for more research on psychedelics ever since.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2023
  • All three have secured the right to use a psychedelic in their worship.
    — Nick Hilden, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2022
  • The psychedelic-like journeys seemed to loosen the grip of his negative thoughts.
    — Chris Hamby, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Researchers in the field say that psychedelics are shown to work when treating some mental health conditions.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The psychedelic is derived from the iboga plant, a shrub native to parts of Central Africa.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Since the passage of the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, funding for psychedelics research has been limited.
    — Celia Ford, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
  • As they’re glued to their screens, a psychedelic, 1960s inspired tune emanates from their TV sets.
    — Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Hordes of hippies travelled down from San Francisco to camp and take vast quantities of psychedelics.
    — The Economist, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The scene does a disservice to more credible experts, like Dodson, and more convincing episodes, such as the one on psychedelics.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The bill also did not permit the personal transfer or sale of psychedelics in dispensaries.
    — Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • While under a psychedelic, the patient may have learned that social events are safe.
    — Jennifer Chesak, Verywell Health, 12 Oct. 2023
  • That also means that the center will research the medical benefits of psychedelics.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 5 Sep. 2019
  • According to Lightburn, one of the most potent natural approaches is the use of psychedelics.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • All signs point towards psychedelics becoming part of mental healthcare within the next decade.
    — Alexandra Jones, refinery29.com, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Even some parents have organized groups praising the benefits of low-dose psychedelics.
    — Amy Yurkanin | , al, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Most psychedelics research stopped or went underground.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Of course, researchers emphasized, there are serious risks to psychedelics.
    — Olivia Goldhill, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2019
  • But humans have exploited the toxins as a psychedelic by smoking it, the zoo says.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022
  • And psychedelics may not only hold hope for treating mental disorders.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The milky venom is poisonous and also a strong psychedelic.
    — CBS News, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Last weekend, Dominguez fit right in, dressed as a billowing psychedelic puffer fish that enveloped most of his face.
    — Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The study of psychedelics within academic institutions is nothing new.
    — Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
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psychedelic

2 of 2 adjective
  • The star of the show is the rooftop club, which has a projector to showcase psychedelic art.
    — Arizona Republic, 25 Aug. 2023
  • And to some extent around what’s going on in the psychedelic realm.
    — Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The dress was a psychedelic clash of colors: swirls of pink, orange, red, and yellow, topped with azure blue trims.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Glamour, 24 July 2023
  • Then a dollop of English folk and a teaspoon of psychedelic rock.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Next is Bebe’s strong abs and arms with a little sideboob and finally, a close-up video of Bebe and her psychedelic heels.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Beck had sprung from London’s fertile blues-rock scene in the '60s, making his first big mark with the gritty psychedelic rock of the Yardbirds.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The track hints at the psychedelic approach the singer is taking on her upcoming third album.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
  • High harmonies from Dolenz add to the country-rock charms while the drummer’s backward hi-hat is the lone reminder that this song was cut in 1967, when psychedelic rock was all the rage.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The movie may be psychedelic and far-fetched, but if Bionaut has its way, that future is imminent (sort of).
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The psychedelic folk singer Jessica Pratt showed up prepared for her episode in 2019.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Now it’s topped with psychedelic bottles of pet nats, fragile pour-overs, and plates galore.
    — Joshua Glass, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2024
  • As with a lot of Adam Wingard movies, the lighting often takes a kind of psychedelic, bisexual tone.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
  • She’d been drawn by a photo of an almost psychedelic motif of interlocking cubes in metal that lined the walls of the stair hall.
    — Ian Phillips, ELLE Decor, 15 Aug. 2023
  • There is one aeolid that looks like a psychedelic hedgehog, and several that wouldn’t be out of place at the tip of an orchid stem.
    — Helen Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
  • How to Change Your Mind in 2020, she was inspired to try out a new approach to battle her anxiety — psychedelic drugs.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Peer-to-peer sharing networks will be the essential drivers for the psychedelic markets of the future.
    — Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
  • His use of psychedelic drugs led to erratic behavior and schizophrenia, the band has said.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The psychedelic dress featured a vibrant purple, mint blue, and neon green pattern all over the intricate bust, peplum bow skirt, and train.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2023
  • His businesses don't sell psychedelic mushrooms, though Plummer is a fan of those, too.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The Yardbirds formed in London in 1963, first starting as a blues cover band, but then taking on sounds including psychedelic rock, prog rock and punk.
    — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Enter drugs, social protest, and the emerging West Coast folk, psychedelic, and rock scene, all of which coalesced around Berkeley while Jann was a student there.
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The legalization of psychedelic treatments varies in the United States.
    — Chloe Melas, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • Ngo isn’t alone in her journey from the rolling virtual hills of Minecraft to producing IRL objects in full psychedelic color.
    — Helena Madden, ELLE Decor, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Fictional band Utopia Avenue emerges from London's psychedelic scene in the late 60s.
    — Town & Country, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Late-night sets from artists such as psychedelic jam band STS9 kept people dancingr well into the morning.
    — Diana Leyva, USA TODAY, 19 June 2023
  • Lou’s deadpan nasal proclamations driven by downtown NYC psychedelic noise-rock transgressed the rules of rock and pop.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Perhaps Ringo’s most famous outfit was his psychedelic pink satin military tunic and flat-top hat for the Sgt.
    — Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Did The Ballad of Darren come together too quickly to marinate in the sauces that turn a Blur album into a psychedelic odyssey?
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 July 2023
  • Yachty described his foray into jazz and psychedelic rock in an Interview with Rolling Stone last month.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The swirling bodies form something of a psychedelic carousel with a ballerina surging up from the center like a mermaid rising out of a fountain.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023

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