Miserable indeed; a man fatally unfit for his present element! But he has Two considerable Sedatives, all along; two, and no third visible to me. Sedative FIRST: that, he can, at any time, quit this illustrious Tartarus-Elysium, the envy of mankind;--and indeed, practically, he is always as if on the slip; thinking to be off shortly, for a time, or in permanence; can be off at once, if things grow too bad. Sedative SECOND is far better: His own labor on LOUIS QUATORZE, which is steadily going on, and must have been a potent quietus in those Court-whirlwinds inward and outward.英文原著 · 《History of Friedrich II of Prussia V 16》
The divine took his seat at the breakfast-table, and began to compose his spirits by the gentle sedative of a large cup of tea, the demulcent of a well-buttered muffin, and the tonic of a small lobster.英文原著 · 《Crotchet Castle》
Of the three books he had taken down, a Volume of Voltaire--curious fascination that Frenchman had, for all his destructive irony!--a volume of Burton's travels, and Stevenson's "New Arabian Nights," he had pitched upon the last. He felt, that evening, the want of something sedative, a desire to rest from thought of any kind. The court had been crowded, stuffy; the air, as he walked home, soft, sou'-westerly, charged with coming moisture, no quality of vigour in it; he felt relaxed, tired, even nervy, and for once the loneliness of his house seemed strange and comfortless.英文原著 · 《Five Tales》
He tossed them off; and soon after fell into a deep sleep that lasted till tea-time. This sleep the poor doctor ascribed to the sedative effect of his opiate. It _was_ the natural exhaustion consequent on the morbid excitement caused by his cursed opiate. "Brown," said Mrs. Archbold, "if Dr. Bailey prescribes again, let me know. He shan't square _this_ patient with his certificates, whilst I am here."
This was a shrewd, but uncharitable, speech of hers. Bailey was not such a villain as that.英文原著 · 《Hard Cash》
We have our woman-ways and they have their man-ways and their both-ways. We have worked out a system of living which is, of course, limited. They must have a broader, richer, better one. I should like to see it."
"You shall, dearest," I whispered. "There's nothing to smoke," complained Terry. He was in the midst of a prolonged quarrel with Alima, and needed a sedative. "There's nothing to drink. These blessed women have no pleasant vices.英文原著 · 《Herland》
When one is angry, to be baffled in argument does not have a sedative effect as a rule. If we were all philosophers it might; but being merely human beings, cold reason acts on the inflamed temperament as a red rag is said to affect a bull.英文原著 · 《Okewood of the Secret Service》
Pentathol, perhaps, other sedatives, to encourage docility, but, again, unclear.美剧 · 《Billions》
I slipped a few sedatives in your tea last night and sort of forgot to say "When." You drugged me?美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
...please tell me now so that I can take a sedative.美剧 · 《Friends》
I took a sedative to relax my face, and I know every word she listens for.美剧 · 《Lie to me》