How to Use amphetamine in a Sentence

amphetamine

noun

• Witt was later found to be under the influence of amphetamines.
  — Jordan Graham, Orange County Register, 25 Mar. 2017
• The map resembles a game of pin the tail on the donkey at an amphetamine-fueled birthday party.
  — Jon Billman, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2017
• Alcoholism still plagues the tribe, alongside amphetamines, suicide and more.
  — Carson Vaughan, Smithsonian, 1 Mar. 2017
• The autopsies show methamphetamine and amphetamine in Williams’ system.
  — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 May 2017
• The second-largest category was some sort of amphetamines, at 9.3 percent.
  — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 30 May 2017
• And there are players in Cooperstown whose careers were enhanced by amphetamines, which once were ubiquitous in baseball but now are banned.
  — George F. Will, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2017
• The book dared to expose rampant infidelity, drug use (mostly amphetamines) and heavy drinking by players—and to identify them by name.
  — WSJ, 21 Apr. 2017
• The driver who struck the trooper's cruiser was high on amphetamines, according to state officials, and was doing 83 miles per hour.
  — James Ewinger, cleveland.com, 15 May 2017
• The other drugs included cocaine, heroin, oxycodone, methadone and amphetamines.
  — Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2017
• An autopsy conducted by the Ada County coroner showed Bauer had both amphetamine and methamphetamine in his blood at the time of his death.
  — Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 5 May 2017
• The work of Ayn Rand bears the residue of amphetamines thickest.
  — Richard Cooke, The New Republic, 3 Sep. 2019
• There are many Hall of Famers, some who used amphetamines, who share his views.
  — Jeff Jacobs, courant.com, 16 Dec. 2017
• On multiple nights, Wall did not go to sleep at all due to his abuse of amphetamines.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2024
• At least one pouch of amphetamines was attached to each.
  — Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2017
• By the time that night was over, the entire pool had been replaced by liquid amphetamine.
  — Heidi Julavits, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
• The report said drugs were found in 65 percent of those who had been killed or wounded — and by far the drug of choice was amphetamine/methamphetamine.
  — Pauline Repard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019
• And all kinds of contests have steroids, amphetamines, blood-doping, and bribes.
  — Dennis Wagner, azcentral, 11 May 2018
• In the past five years, the DOT tests have shown sharp increases in use of amphetamines and natural opiates.
  — Ashley Halsey Iii, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2017
• But the narcotics … the Ambien … the Prozac ... the concentration of amphetamines alone could have killed him.
  — Stephanie Apstein, SI.com, 17 July 2019
• That Jones had TCH and amphetamines in his system and a blood-alcohol content of .146.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 12 June 2017
• What the toxicologist did not say was that the amphetamines were for ADD.
  — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2018
• And t hree samples even had a very potent form of amphetamine known as PMA, which is more likely than many other drugs to kill with one dose.
  — Ariana Eunjung Cha, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2017
• Further tests showed the amount of amphetamine in his system was small, unlikely to cause an overdose.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 16 June 2021
• Researchers in the Kasson Lab have detected an amphetamine in the fungus that may be messing with the cicadas.
  — Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022
• Maybe players didn’t want to pop amphetamines, cork their bats, scuff up the baseballs or take steroids, but these were trends, producing great results.
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 17 Jan. 2020
• The Factory was amphetamine central, and Reed’s heavy indulgence would help break up the band.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021
• If a person, dog or cat were to eat an infected cicada, they wouldn’t be affected by the amphetamines in it — the dose is too small.
  — Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024
• If a person, dog or cat were to eat an infected cicada, they wouldn’t be affected by the amphetamines in it — the dose is too small.
  — Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
• Two men are charged with dealing a mixture of amphetamine, methamphetamine and fentanyl to a Gary man that caused his fatal overdose on Aug. 7.
  — Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
• Staff found amphetamines and buprenorphine in the patients' systems.
  — Axios Portland, Axios, 17 July 2024

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024