How to Use steroid in a Sentence

steroid

noun
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  • He was accused of taking steroids.
  • As for the volume and the muscle, Michael still belts like Tarzan on steroids.
    — Arsenio Orteza, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Won three gold medals at 2000 Olympics but stripped of medals for steroid use.
    — Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2021
  • The horse was found to have 21 picograms of the steroid in his system, twice the legal limit.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Also, once oral steroids are stopped the new hair may fall out again.
    — Heather L. Brannon, Md, Verywell Health, 27 Jan. 2024
  • But there is good reason to think Trump 2.0 would be Trump 1.0 on steroids.
    — Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
  • New coach Sean Lewis has signed up to solve a Rubik’s Cube on steroids.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • He was paid $50 per package in return and took some of the steroids for his own use.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
  • If this was 15 years ago, there would be steroid whispers.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 June 2021
  • But something even more potent and still very safe is what’s called the nasal steroid sprays.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Dec. 2021
  • His family tried steroid creams, wet wraps, bleach baths, and all of the lotions.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2023
  • In the end, the physician’s assistant declined to prescribe the steroids.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Think of it as a whirl of happy hours on steroids, often with a check attached.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The brick-and-mortar bakery can only be described as the pop-up on steroids.
    — Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Which steroid farm did Elon Musk visit to find someone strong enough to do the heavy lifting?
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
  • Before cutting the set short, Maines said the group would try one more song while waiting for her steroid shot to kick in.
    — Griffin Wiles, The Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2022
  • And so, not unlike the great awakening on steroid use at the turn of this century, the hunt is on.
    — USA Today, 16 June 2021
  • The delicate, steroid-free formula makes this wash safe enough for even the youngest users.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The optic nerve was still enormously swollen despite the five-day course of IV steroids.
    — Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The study started after the end of baseball’s infamous steroids era saw a spike in home runs.
    — Seth Borenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The study started after the end of baseball's infamous steroids era saw a spike in home runs.
    — Seth Borenstein, ajc, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The most effective medicine for nasal symptoms are nasal steroid sprays, Rank said.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Nasal steroid sprays, and jabs of platelet-rich blood plasma straight to the nose, could speed cellular healing.
    — Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
  • My leathery-looking, eczema-laden wrists are soaked in steroid cream and wrapped in bandages.
    — Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 15 July 2024
  • In all essence snakeheads are bass on steroids, so the fact this combo held up to a fish of this caliber means any bass won’t stand a chance.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 30 May 2024
  • Wrestling has all the drama of reality TV, but on steroids.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Steroids always make blood sugar go up, but the effect differs among people and by the dose of steroid.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2022
  • In 2008, she was sentenced to six months in prison for perjury after lying about her steroid use.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Engage on the feed Commenting on other people's posts is like networking on steroids.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Along with digging into those claims, the film is set to explore many of the other major scandals that erupted in professional wrestling during McMahon’s reign, including the early deaths of many wrestlers and the rampant use of steroids.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024

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