How to Use cocaine in a Sentence

cocaine

noun
Definition of cocainenext
  • The hip-hop star has spent two decades rapping about one thing: selling cocaine.
    — Neil Shah, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Many of those who died or overdosed were using cocaine or methamphetamine.
    — The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2022
  • New York was rife with crime, garbage, graffiti and crack cocaine.
    — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Officers also found one needle with red liquid inside, three rubber tie offs and a small white rock, which was likely crack cocaine.
    — cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The bright colors are a departure from the way the drug is usually packaged — in pills made to look like prescription medicines or mixed in with illicit drugs like cocaine.
    — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Cannabis is categorized as a substance of abuse on the list, appearing alongside cocaine, heroin and ecstasy.
    — Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The release said Paiz is suspected of selling Payne cocaine twice on Oct. 14, two days before his death.
    — Rachel Desantis, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Fentanyl has increasingly been used alongside stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine.
    — Time, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The actual amount of cocaine planted on the scene was a miniscule amount, approximately .017 gram.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Wills struggled with addictions to alcohol and cocaine until getting sober in 1989.
    — CBS News, 20 Sep. 2022
  • In 2017, he was convicted in Clackamas County of being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing cocaine.
    — oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2022
  • On May 15, one of the men on the trip brought out some cocaine.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The latter song tells the tale of a cocaine deal that left four men dead.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The ships would be loaded with the cocaine at night near the ports where they were docked.
    — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Phoenix does indeed rank No. 1 in the U.S. for cocaine use.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Five of the ten largest cocaine seizures in Europe took place last year.
    — The Week Uk, theweek, 22 June 2024
  • The news release did not state how much cocaine was found inside the cheese.
    — CBS News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The office further declined to cite the amount of cocaine found in the infant's body.
    — Emily Palmer, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Many have sought to pin the cocaine on President Biden’s son Hunter.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 6 July 2023
  • That same month, customs seized more than 1,543 pounds of cocaine.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
  • The cocaine was concealed in the clothes racks' metal pipes, photos show.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The photos show a small bag of cocaine inside of cubby #50, the photos show.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • He was found to have fentanyl, ketamine and cocaine in his system at the time of his death.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The cocaine was found in the trunk of the car in a backpack, Igloo cooler and suitcase, according to court records.
    — oregonlive, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Banks was charged with possession of half an ounce or more of cocaine.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2024
  • The sheriff’s office said the pills were tested and found to contain cocaine.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Coast Guard agents found 142 packages of cocaine in a small vessel.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Payne allegedly paid Pereyra $100 for drugs, per the judge, and later sent a car to his home to bring more cocaine.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The gun was found, along with various amounts of fentanyl and crack cocaine.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022
  • He is accused of selling a lethal dose of fentanyl and cocaine to his sister-in-law, 36-year-old Sherry Geis, on March 27.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024

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