How to Use medicine in a Sentence

medicine

noun
  • He forgot to take his medicine.
  • Did you look in the medicine cabinet for a pain reliever?
  • She's interested in a career in medicine.
  • Their research has led to many important advances in modern medicine.
  • There ain’t no money in the cure, the money’s in the medicine.
    Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
  • This move changed the formulas of cough and cold medicines in the U.S..
    Randy Hatton, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The best way to achieve the medicine of laughter is through people.
    Sofia D'uva, oregonlive, 20 July 2023
  • This has increased a lot in just a few decades, due in part to advances in medicine.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The plant will be a key pipeline for Eli Lilly’s medicine, Cox said.
    Cooper Metts, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2024
  • Be a part of the conversations and see what else is in store for the future of health and medicine.
    Alex R. Rosenblat, STAT, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The rights were then sold to Eli Lilly and Co. so that the company could mass-produce the medicine.
    Charlotte Kilpatrick, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Read full article The FDA has had the medicine on its shortage list since last fall.
    Christopher Rowland, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Any change to PBMs will be met with worries that patients will not get their medicines.
    Bob Kocher, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Don’t forget antacids and over-the-counter medicines to ease digestion.
    Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Zack spent the next three years in and out of hospitals and trying medicines that didn’t seem to work.
    Kate Wheeling, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Bryce Cohen has asthma and wasn't able to make an easy switch to the new generic of the medicine Flovent, his mother said.
    Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Doctors gave her medicine and an I.V. drip, but nothing helped.
    Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Some people are willing to take the risk of a side effect because the benefit of the medicine is so great.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Getting to the crucible of change can really be helped through plant medicine.
    David Moin, WWD, 14 June 2024
  • This first suite of studies shows three main ways the brain map can be used for biology and medicine.
    Popular Science, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Transferred to the safekeeping of Qatar, the middleman in the hostage deal, the money may be used only to buy food or medicine.
    Karl Vick, Time, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Seth Rogen and wife Lauren Miller Rogen know that laughter is the best medicine.
    Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2023
  • There is no specific medicine to treat people who are sick with norovirus.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Burke was a physician first licensed to practice medicine in Colorado in 1981.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
  • His recovery is a marvel of medicine, chance and his own spirit.
    Julia Lieblich, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The consortium controls the road to the country’s main airport and seaport, leading to shortages of food and medicine.
    Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
  • That’s when Wyle, Wells and Gemmill pivoted to creating a new series set in the world of medicine.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 26 June 2024
  • Plus, stock up any shelter room with several days worth of food, water and medicine.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • One of the areas where new artificial intelligence tools are doing most is in the world of medicine.
    John Werner, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Injuries once derailed her field hockey and lacrosse careers as a Bulldog, setting her on a path toward medicine.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2024

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