How to Use cocaine in a Sentence

cocaine

noun
  • 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
  • The weight of cocaine in the captain’s quarters, that is.
    — Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • One contained two pounds of cocaine; the other had about the same amount of methamphetamine.
    — John Caniglia, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The cocaine was concealed in the clothes racks' metal pipes, photos show.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • For someone to give him access to cocaine — that pissed me off.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The photos show a small bag of cocaine inside of cubby #50, the photos show.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • In May, Jones tested positive for cocaine and was back in front of the judge.
    — Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2022
  • He was found to have fentanyl, ketamine and cocaine in his system at the time of his death.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
  • His cause of death was ruled an overdose of cocaine and heroin.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
  • One employee’s job was to cut even lines of cocaine, as many as 40 at a time.
    — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 14 July 2022
  • 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
  • The hip-hop star has spent two decades rapping about one thing: selling cocaine.
    — Neil Shah, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The police searched the truck and found an open beer and a glass pipe that tested positive for cocaine.
    — New York Times, 26 July 2022
  • 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
  • In the vehicle, police found a small amount of cocaine.
    — cleveland, 3 Aug. 2022
  • By the 1980s, though, poverty, crack cocaine, and crime had taken a harsh toll on Roxbury.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2022
  • On board the small vessel were two Colombian men, an Ecuadorian man and a Guatemalan man, plus more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine.
    — Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 17 June 2025
  • In addition to treating TBI, ibogaine has been studied as a potential treatment for cocaine and opioid addiction.
    — Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025

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