How to Use oxycodone in a Sentence

oxycodone

noun

• For many of my co-workers, oxycodone and hydrocodone were the painkillers of choice.
  — Michael Holtz, The Atlantic, 14 June 2021
• Police documents state the man had THC and oxycodone in his system at the time of the crash.
  — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022
• A half pill of oxycodone, a narcotic painkiller, was found on a nightstand next to the man’s chair.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2020
• His drugs of choice later in life were opioids, such as oxycodone.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2021
• In hindsight, Puerta said, Daniel was getting what the teen thought was oxycodone.
  — Jennifer Griffin, Fox News, 23 June 2022
• There was the team trainer busted by the DEA for peddling oxycodone to players.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
• She was overprescribed oxycodone, which dampened, shaped and authored the end of her life in March 2020.
  — New York Times, 18 July 2022
• Harper went on to note that the tests are not designed to detect oxycodone, methadone, or clonazepam.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
• The driver, a Garfield Heights man, 22, did not have a driver’s license, and was found to be in possession of five oxycodone pills.
  — cleveland, 18 Dec. 2020
• The doctor gave her intravenous Tylenol and four oxycodone tablets.
  — New York Times, 30 May 2021
• The child, who was not identified, bought and consumed a pill with a label consistent with the painkiller oxycodone.
  — Josh Campbell, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022
• But available records show the arrests on Monday came to just 33 oxycodone pills and 30 grams of meth, or about enough to fill eight sugar packets.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
• Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, submitted a prescription for the oxycodone to the court prior to the ruling.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024
• Pills are sometimes disguised to look like other painkillers, like oxycodone.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2022
• There were oxycodone pills that tested positive for heroin and over-the-counter cough medicine, and Vicodin tablets that turned out to be fentanyl.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
• By 2015, doctors and prescribers were more aware of the addictive properties of the drugs, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone.
  — Lauryn Schroeder, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2022
• Mills’ pregnant wife and children were held at gunpoint while Baker ransacked the home for oxycodone pills.
  — Fox News, 19 Jan. 2022
• Alex Nava got his first little blue pill, a prescription-strength dose of oxycodone, from a friend during the summer of 2018.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020
• No oxycodone was observed during the testing as of Friday.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2020
• He was charged in April with providing oxycodone and morphine sulfate to a patient who died.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 May 2022
• Blood tests showed the presence of benzodiazepines and oxycodone.
  — Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2021
• Wade was told her scan was normal and discharged with oxycodone for pain management, according to the suit.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2024
• Several of the pills were altered to pass off as legitimate oxycodone and Xanax pills, the press release added.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2022
• The pills were made to look like other opioid medications, such as oxycodone.
  — Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
• One question that came up again and again was: Why are young people seeking Xanax and oxycodone from their peers or even complete strangers online?
  — Zachary Siegel, The New Republic, 27 June 2023
• In each city, some of the pills sold over the counter as either oxycodone or Adderall tested positive for fentanyl or methamphetamine.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• Both fentanyl and oxycodone were banned as part of M.L.B.’s joint drug prevention and treatment program.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2021
• The same brain receptors that blunt pain when drugs such as morphine or oxycodone bind to them can also signal breathing to slow down.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 27 Feb. 2020
• Two dealers were convicted in the death of rapper Mac Miller, who died after taking oxycodone pills that had been laced with fentanyl.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• The charge of possession of oxycodone went away after Brutvan completed a drug treatment program.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024