How to Use cocaine in a Sentence

cocaine

noun
Definition of cocainenext
Synonyms for cocainenext
  • The latter song tells the tale of a cocaine deal that left four men dead.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Phoenix does indeed rank No. 1 in the U.S. for cocaine use.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The news release did not state how much cocaine was found inside the cheese.
    — CBS News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • 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 sheriff’s office said the pills were tested and found to contain cocaine.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
  • At the time, Biden, who had been addicted to crack cocaine, was struggling to remain sober.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2023
  • One gag, in which Ramos’s character snorts his phone like a line of cocaine, was Gillespie’s idea on the day of filming.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Hospital staff found cocaine in the man’s system, per CBP.
    — The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2023
  • Officials found 56 bundles of cocaine in the ice cream maker, the news release said.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 23 June 2023
  • The small city is close to Honduras’ border with Guatemala, which makes up a major part of the cocaine smuggling route from south to north and the Valles’ former domain.
    — Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • He was booted from the Navy for testing positive for cocaine in 2014.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 26 July 2023
  • By comparison, fewer than 1 in 10 of the samples showed cocaine in the mountain region of the West, the report said.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024
  • White House ‘substance’: A formal lab test of the white substance found at the White House over the weekend came back positive for cocaine.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 6 July 2023
  • But the month-long trial revealed parts of Mizell's life that the hip-hop icon tried to keep out of the public eye -- mainly his role in trafficking cocaine.
    — Jessica Moore, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Earlier this year, a sheriff’s deputy was arrested on a charge of possessing cocaine on the grounds of the Vista jail.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Over the summer and into the fall, there were several large loads of cocaine, marijuana, and even hashish, found washed up on land in the Keys, or just offshore.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
  • At Rose’s hotel room, according to the suit, Rose plied the guests with cocaine, champagne, and other alcohol.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The cocaine was replaced with fake bricks and sprayed with a substance that glows when illuminated with a special light.
    — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 3 May 2023
  • Miller and Mitchem are now facing charges for trafficking cocaine, police said.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 15 May 2023
  • Just last week, Netherlands announced the record seizure in Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port, of cocaine from Ecuador worth $660 million.
    — José María León Cabrera, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • So the graffiti movement of the early eighties got off-track, no pun intended, with crack cocaine.
    — Matt Thompson, Spin, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Now drug traffickers work the age-old route between South America and the Caribbean, stopping over on Mona to stash parcels of cocaine.
    — Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Perry did not have alcohol or drugs such as meth, cocaine, heroin, or fentanyl in his system at his time of death.
    — Vulture, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Sadie developed a cocaine habit, which destroyed our finances and threw us into debt.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The spike in violence is tied to the trafficking of cocaine produced in neighboring Colombia and Peru.
    — Regina Garcia Cano and Gonzalo Solano, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Then they’re moved elsewhere, with different bedding and no cocaine.
    — WIRED, 15 June 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'cocaine.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: