as in to sedate
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Recent Examples of narcotize
Most are unable to rise above the stylistic miasma of the production — Whitehead sounds narcotized even when Pip isn’t on drugs — or the entirely new words they’ve been asked to say.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
The smartphone, for all its wonder and utility, has also proved to be a narcotizing agent.
—Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2019
What would happen if Parker really turned on, tuned in and dropped out, and took his show to mind-expanding — not just narcotizing — heights?
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
Auto-Tune; hip-hop; and the nasal, narcotized, dispirited voices of SoundCloud rap compete with, and often out-stream, the kind of soulful vocal storytelling that would have had Ms. Aguilera flourishing in previous eras.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 13 June 2018
He is perpetually narcotized, endlessly plaintive, borderline disoriented.
—New York Times, 9 May 2018
Instead, waging a battle against evil has a narcotizing effect.
—James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2017
This deeply autobiographical novel recounts growing up gay in rural France, where the men and women scuff and strain against economic morbidity, class invisibility and narcotizing boredom.
—New York Times, 25 May 2017
Both are set in decaying manufacturing towns — places where the men and women scuff and strain against economic morbidity, class invisibility and narcotizing boredom.
—Jennifer Senior, New York Times, 17 May 2017
Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
The smartphone, for all its wonder and utility, has also proved to be a narcotizing agent.
—Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2019
What would happen if Parker really turned on, tuned in and dropped out, and took his show to mind-expanding — not just narcotizing — heights?
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
Auto-Tune; hip-hop; and the nasal, narcotized, dispirited voices of SoundCloud rap compete with, and often out-stream, the kind of soulful vocal storytelling that would have had Ms. Aguilera flourishing in previous eras.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 13 June 2018
He is perpetually narcotized, endlessly plaintive, borderline disoriented.
—New York Times, 9 May 2018
Instead, waging a battle against evil has a narcotizing effect.
—James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2017
This deeply autobiographical novel recounts growing up gay in rural France, where the men and women scuff and strain against economic morbidity, class invisibility and narcotizing boredom.
—New York Times, 25 May 2017
Both are set in decaying manufacturing towns — places where the men and women scuff and strain against economic morbidity, class invisibility and narcotizing boredom.
—Jennifer Senior, New York Times, 17 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narcotize
Verb
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The drug is used to sedate animals, but is not approved for use in humans due to dangerous side effects.—
Lilia Pacheco Bufanda,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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And someone who's having a breakdown and crying non-stop, but yelling at people to sedate her....—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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News coverage can’t prepare you for the stupefying endlessness of the destruction, nor for the metallic stench that seeps in through closed windows.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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Even amid the stupefying information overload of Trump’s first week back in office, this is shocking.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The team may want to alleviate some of his workload to help preserve his game.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Starting the hiring process doesn’t alleviate their workload in the interim.—
Nolan Hout,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Rather than rising up and killing its former masters, Murderbot just goes about performing its security work, relieving the boredom by watching a lot of entertainment media.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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Trump rejected a 90-day pause in tariffs set to take effect on Wednesday, a bit of rumor that briefly relieved agitated financial markets before it was promptly dismissed by the White House as fiction.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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Communities across the country have used program funds to help their cities and towns mitigate disasters, such as raising roads to keep them out of floodwaters or building underground storage units to prepare for droughts.—
Rebecca Santana,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Conclusion Including international investments in your portfolio can mitigate home bias and provide diversification benefits, reducing risk and potentially enhancing returns.—
Cicely Jones,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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One reason for this is that estrogen helps keep blood vessels flexible and supports the production of nitric oxide, a molecule that allows vessels to relax and maintain healthy blood flow.—
Matthew Nudy,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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Those restrictions were relaxed after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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In addition, Trump disclosed further interest in making a deal with China on TikTok, a potential linchpin in allaying escalating tensions between the two sides.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
5 Apr. 2025
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Second round, No. 43: DT Darius Alexander, Toledo Alexander allayed a lot of the small-school concerns about him at the Senior Bowl.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Narcotize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narcotize. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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