How to Use quaalude in a Sentence
quaalude
noun-
Quaaludes have not been available in this country for nearly two decades.
— Julie Miller, Vanities, 29 Mar. 2017 -
In it, Cosby admits to cheating on his wife for decades, to plying women with the promise of career help, and to drugging them with quaaludes.
— J. Weston Phippen, The Atlantic, 17 June 2017 -
Defense lawyers therefore pushed to exclude his testimony about quaaludes from the trial.
— Kristen De Groot, The Seattle Times, 28 Apr. 2017 -
Today should be the last day the discussion of quaaludes is had regarding these accusations against Mr. Cosby.
— Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2018 -
Recent roles — whether getting high on quaaludes or eating raw bison liver — haven’t felt so personal.
— David Canfield, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2019 -
After jurors heard Cosby's quaaludes testimony, the defense put Jackson on the stand.
— Michael R. Sisak, chicagotribune.com, 19 Apr. 2018 -
The quaalude testimony came from a deposition that was part of Constand’s civil suit against Cosby.
— Michael R. Sisak, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018 -
The quaalude testimony came from a deposition that was part of Constand's civil suit against Cosby.
— Michael R. Sisak, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2018 -
By 13, Williams was drinking heavily and using speed, acid and quaaludes, according to legal documents.
— Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2019 -
Also still to come in the trial is the testimony from a drug expert who is reportedly planning to speak about the effects of quaaludes, which Cosby is accused of giving to Constand on the night of her alleged assault.
— Hilary Weaver, vanityfair.com, 8 June 2017 -
The quaaludes testimony was introduced at Cosby's first trial.
— Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2018 -
Although old-guard quaaludes aren't among the substances screened, the device takes aim at the class of benzodiazepines most typically slipped into drinks today—including Valium, Xanax, and Rohypnol (or roofies).
— Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2018 -
The quaalude admissions were the reason the Montgomery County district attorney’s office reopened Constand’s criminal case last summer.
— Nicole Weisensee Egan, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2017 -
Prosecutors evidently saved the quaalude testimony until the end for maximum effect.
— Maryclaire Dale and Michael R. Sisak, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2017
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