opium

How To Use opium In A Sentence

• His great-uncle started the business in the mid-19th century when he moved to Bradford from Turkey to trade in opium for the pharmaceutical trade, wheat, barley, fur and mohair.
• Paracelsus created the narcotic opium, which he called laudanum, for his patients. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
• Having neither opium nor hashish on hand, and being desirous of filling his brain with twilight, he had had recourse to that fearful mixture of brandy, stout, absinthe, which produces the most terrible of lethargies. Les Miserables
• From alcohol they progress (oh so slowly) to opium, thence to heroin, allowing their language to get boozily baroque and even less penetrable.
• He believed that British shipping was licensed and that the opium ships were vessels which had evaded licensing.
• Home grown herbs would have included coriander, dill, thyme, opium poppy and summer savoury.
• Gold medals are the new opium of the people. Times, Sunday Times
• For severe cases, the prescription nasal spray ipratropium (Atrovent) may help, though it can cause bothersome side effects including headache; nasal dryness, irritation or bleeding; and sore throat. Q&A: What's causing my post-dinner runny nose?
• Oats, millet, opium poppies, and flax were also being cultivated by the end of the Neolithic period.
• Now rare earth elements with exotic names such as europium and tantalum hold the key to hybrid cars, wind turbines and crystal-clear TV displays - that is, if a looming supply shortage doesn't stop innovation in its tracks. The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future