How to Use chloroform in a Sentence

chloroform

noun
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  • The soldier would be put to sleep with chloroform or ether.
    — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 20 June 2018
  • And a plot for a woman to seduce men, drug them with chloroform and then rob them.
    — Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, 7 June 2017
  • Sedated by chloroform, Manet felt no pain and may have been unaware of the loss of his limb.
    — Colin B. Bailey, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
  • He was therefore deeply anaesthetized by open chloroform over the tracheotomy tube, and the mouth opened.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2014
  • The documentary showed how, in 1978, Jeffrey Rignall was lured into Gacy’s car where he was hit in the face with a rag soaked in chloroform.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The 45-minute procedure, performed by the light from a lantern, was done with the help of Hill’s brother and another physician who gave the child chloroform as anesthesia.
    — Kelly Kazek | [email protected], al, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Among them was trichloroethylene, or TCE, a clear, colorless liquid with a sweet odor that resembles chloroform.
    — Neil Bedi, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The head of the Oregon Humane Society called for the polar bear to be euthanized with chloroform to end its suffering.
    — Grant Butler, OregonLive.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Ribaudo planned to dine at his father's house that night, but instead lured the 72-year-old father into the basement, attacked him with chloroform and bound him, police said.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Anti-wireless activists are quick to point out that group 2B also includes such poisonous-sounding substances as chloroform and lead.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 14 May 2020
  • Even 10 years later, chloroform wasn’t considered necessary for the surgery.
    — Mari A. Schaefer, Philly.com, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Some, such as chloroform, are already treated by most local water systems.
    — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2020
  • There are some chemical disinfectants, including bleach, 75% ethanol, peracetic acid and chloroform, that may kill the virus on surfaces.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Violence abruptly intrudes during a home invasion by two sleazy thugs (Glenn Fleshler and Alex Hassell), who knock out the family with chloroform.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2017
  • The prosecution alleged that Anthony used chloroform and duct tape to suffocate and render her daughter unconscious, then put her body in the trunk of her car before disposing of it.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Later reports would reveal that the factories were releasing hundreds of thousands of pounds of chloroform, a carcinogen.
    — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Soldiers on the operating table were sedated by chloroform, which worked well, Zervos said.
    — Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Instead, the researchers are sticking with hydrocarbons like hexane, which is a good analogue for methane but stays in liquid form at room temperature, as well as chloroform and others.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2019
  • Women's Voices for the Earth, an environmental advocacy group, tested pads from the brand Always in 2014, and found the products released chemicals like styrene, chloroethane and chloroform.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 11 Oct. 2019
  • When the Scottish obstetrician James Young Simpson began to give ether, and later chloroform, to laboring women in 1847, he was met with strong pushback, even as anesthesia was largely embraced for use in surgery.
    — Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Chloroform: A byproduct of water treatment, found at levels lower than state and national averages.
    — Ian Cummings, kansascity, 4 Aug. 2017
  • The girl died of chloroform poisoning, according to autopsy results.
    — Fox News, 28 Dec. 2019
  • Though the film offers Paul chloroform and a skilled doctor during the infamous ear-cutting, Pearson wrote that the operation was actually performed by a captor, with only brandy and a bite-cloth offered to the teenager as he was being held down.
    — Julie Miller, HWD, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Prosecutors argued that Anthony suffocated the girl using chloroform and then covered the toddler's mouth with duct tape.
    — Fox News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Modern anesthesia is a sophisticated medical concoction, compared to chloroform on a rag or a shot of whiskey.
    — Jon Kelvey, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
  • Modern anesthesia is a sophisticated medical concoction, compared to chloroform on a rag or a shot of whiskey.
    — Jon Kelvey, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
  • Meanwhile, prosecutors argued that Casey Anthony suffocated the girl using chloroform and then covered the toddler's mouth with duct tape.
    — Fox News, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The former judge repeated his theory of what happened, citing evidence: Casey Anthony used chloroform as a babysitter to render the child unconscious.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 June 2018
  • After nearly six weeks of testimony, the jury rejected the prosecution’s allegation that Anthony gave her child chloroform, suffocated her with duct tape and dumped her body in the woods.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
  • McGovern extracted the organic material from the residues using chloroform and methanol.
    — Todd Pitock, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2015

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