How to Use tranquilize in a Sentence

tranquilize

verb

• They tranquilized the bear with a dart so that it could be safely moved to a different area.
• The littermate was found, tranquilized and brought back to the ranch.
  — Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2019
• If the coyotes are found, they'll be tranquilized and released outside of the area.
  — Scottie Andrew and Melissa Alonso, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
• Current plans are to tranquilize Hank and his brethren, tag them, and move them to a place with few people.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022
• Many asked wildlife officials to do something for the moose, to tranquilize it and treat it.
  — Mitchell Willetts, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2022
• The jaguar was tranquilized by a vet team and returned to its enclosure.
  — Fox News, 16 July 2018
• The researchers took helicopters to find the bears, tranquilized them to put on the collars, and took weight and blood samples.
  — Kendra Pierre-Louis, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
• After Bull #33 was tranquilized, he was taken back to the zoo to be given more medicine.
  — Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 3 Oct. 2019
• The drug is so strong that it is used to tranquilize large animals such as elephants.
  — Nicholas Rondinone, courant.com, 20 June 2017
• The hippos must first be located and tranquilized with a dart through their two-inch-thick skin.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
• The pair was tranquilized and tucked into the dens January 18.
  — Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 24 Jan. 2018
• This time, officials tracked it for six hours and tranquilized it.
  — Ivaylo Vezenkov, CNN, 26 May 2017
• The simple answer would be to tranquilize the giant mammals and transport them back to the reserve.
  — Susan Goldberg, National Geographic, 9 Dec. 2021
• And why did police have to kill the animal, instead of tranquilize it?
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2023
• The animal was tranquilized and later let loose in the wild; Mr. Lovett simply returned to work.
  — Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2018
• Troopers plan to tranquilize the deer and remove the arrows, according to KOIN.
  — Don Sweeney, sacbee, 29 Apr. 2018
• The animal, which was found with a collar, was tranquilized.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2019
• Arizona Game and Fish sent out a team to tranquilize, remove and relocate that bear.
  — Robert Gundran, azcentral, 31 May 2018
• Over the past week, wildlife officials homed in, trying three times to tranquilize the bull without success.
  — Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2021
• Mandy said the priority is to tranquilize the tiger with a dart gun and return it to its enclosure safely.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2023
• They were tranquilized and captured just before 1 p.m., according to the MTA.
  — Sarah Maslin Nir, The Seattle Times, 20 Aug. 2018
• His plan was to tranquilize Hillary, with the help of a veterinarian friend, and take her by boat and truck to a refuge in Vacaville that had agreed to look after her.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• Every 20 months or so Hume, who breeds more rhinos than anyone in the world, tranquilizes the animals and dehorns them.
  — Jani Actman, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2017
• To do that, the conservation team will need to tranquilize him, and then airlift him by helicopter.
  — smithsonianmag.com, 25 Dec. 2017
• The lions were set to be tranquilized the following morning so authorities could search the area for clues.
  — USA TODAY, 5 July 2018
• Their goal was to tranquilize FP3 and replace the batteries in her tracking collar.
  — Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2020
• Ultimately, Raum-Suryan and others had to tranquilize the animal and took him back to the water via truck and front-end loader.
  — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2022
• About 90 minutes after he was discovered outside the habitat, Ben was tranquilized and moved to an indoor holding area, the zoo said at the time.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2023
• Animal Services and police officers responded to try to tranquilize and trap the coyote, but it could not be located, the post said.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2024
• The Game Commission also tranquilized the cubs, police said, and they are expected to be released in an unknown location.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024