How to use potion in a sentence
36 example sentences · noun, verb
Potion means a small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical. Example: “He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink.”
Examples of potion by meaning
nounA small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
- He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink.
- Everything changed when I found this potion that gives me a huge speed boost whenever I drink it.2025 February, Tyler Colp, “Reinstall: Path of Exile”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, page 92
More sentences with potion
- Once you have obtained the elven bow, return to the troll bridge and trade it for the sleeping potion.From the entry once
- The indubitable effect of the potion convinced many nonbelievers.From the entry indubitable
- The potion made him into a toad.From the entry make into
- Estrogen isnt a magic potion that legitimizes your perverted fantasy version of reality.2021 October 9, arthoefootjob, Twitter. From the entry YWNBARW
- Humans utilize a kind of sweet and sour blend of love potion called charm.2014, Lloyd E. McIlveen, Improving on Love and Relationships. From the entry sweet-and-sour
- The potionmakers made special sleep potions, but they did not help.1987, Peninnah Schram, “The Scroll of Bereshit”, in Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another, Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson Inc.…. From the entry potionmaker
- The root of the cyclamen, sowbread, was used in ancient times as an ingredient in love potions.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 72. From the entry cyclamen
- Syrup of orgeat was a cooling potion, originally made from barley, later, from almonds, and orange-flower water.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 204. From the entry orgeat
- Utensils, herbs, medicine, liniments and tonics, farm implements, clothing, and potions.1959, “Mr. Denton on Doomsday” (16:29 from the start), in The Twilight Zone, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Henry J. Fate (Malcolm…. From the entry liniment
- One love potion was composed of the powdered navel string of a new-born baby boy.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 82. From the entry love potion
- Her food, her potions and her weapons -- all gone.2020 February 14, Black Lyte [pseudonym], “A Gift of Savagery”, in Don’t F*ck with the Healer! (Vanta Fantasies; 2), ASIN B084TS14PL. From the entry newbish
- I'm taking Goodwin's potion and going to bed.2012, Tamora Pierce, Beka Cooper. From the entry gloomsome
- Lee drank a potion that helped him to breathe underwater.2010, Steven J. Butler, Jr., The Lost Worlds of Buckstevenson. From the entry merdog
- Chemists have all sorts of fantastic jobs - from mixing up potent potions and cure-all drugs, to finding new elements.2000, Clare Oliver, Mind-boggling Science. From the entry snory
- The only recourse was to quaff his one as of yet unidentified potion and hope it was extra healing.1993, Robert Leduc, “Nethack Imitates Life”, in rec.games.hack (Usenet). From the entry rothe
- One earth mother on my street claims a potion of cinnamon sticks, corn syrup, and warm water ended her daughter's grizzliness.1988, Diana S. Greene, 79 Ways to Calm a Crying Baby, page 124. From the entry grizzliness
- The legends do not say whether Asclepius used milkweed juice in his magic potions or not, but later herbalists certainly did.1971 July 18, “Essence of Midsummer”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry magic potion
- Hippomanes was used in ancient Roman potions as an aphrodisiac.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 120. From the entry hippomanes
- Cumin was often an ingredient of such love potions since it produced the effect of retention in whoever ate it.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 269. From the entry cumin
- So, my magic potions have been struggling since i got them, they were very inactive, and some were suiciding themselves by escaping.2022 February, @verinium, “I think i figured out what magic potions like by accident”, in community.morphmarket.com. From the entry magic potion
- “Finally misbrew a potion?” Nan chuckled.2019, Matthew S. Cox, Emma and the Elixir of Madness. From the entry misbrew
- The classic magical potion has been overshadowed by a number of mundane items, but still has its purposes as a quick one time consumable item.2014, C.N. Constantin, Jason Cable Hall, Dark Revelations - Book of Magic, Chris Constantin, →ISBN, Magical Items of Dark Revelations…. From the entry mundane
- After all, if we taught those Romans about Toutatis, the next thing you know, they might be able to duplicate our magic strength potion.2009 October 11, Quadibloc, “By Toutatis!”, in alt.religion (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry by Toutatis
- It was very widely believed that alicorn could be used to detect poisons, and when ground and added to a potion would prevent poisoning.2008 April 21, Judyth A. McLeod, In a Unicorn's Garden: Recreating the magic and mystery of medieval gardens, Murdoch Books, →ISBN, →OCLC…. From the entry alicorn
- He's hysterical and disturbing as an ubernerdy chemistry professor who woos student Stella Stevens by concocting a potion that transforms him into a suave stud.2004, TV Guide, volume 52, page 26. From the entry ubernerdy
- There are plenty of gritty, beautifully choreographed scenes, with surprises like enemy soldiers popping out of the sand and Romeo and Juliet-esque fake-out death potions.2002 September 26, Eva Simonich, “The Four Feathers”, in Buzz (The Daily Illini), number 160, Champaign, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15…. From the entry Romeo and Juliet-esque
- Brilly and Flintlock brawled in potions class, then they brawled on the soccer field, and finally they brawled sitting in the principal's office.1998 July 2, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter; 2), London: Bloomsbury…. From the entry brawl
- Once you have the possibility of making love to this poisonous snake, it is fantastically pleasurable: you are churning out antideath potion on the spot.1992, Chogyam Trungpa, The Lion's Roar: An Introduction to Tantra. From the entry antideath
- A disappointed observer might have noticed that they seemed harmless enough, just a brace of matloes ashore for a quiet Saturday afternoon potion.1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 24. From the entry matlo
- One of the strong drinks brewed in the Whit, a place as noted for the variety of its potions as the irony of its expressions, was called 'South Sea'.2020 May 5, Peter Linebaugh, The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century, Verso Books, →ISBN. From the entry whit
- Out of all the conversion rocks, only two of them require an added potion to make the effects stick—the pebble of plantly conversion and the pebble of godly conversion.2009, Adam Osterweil, The Lost Treasure of Talus Scree. From the entry plantly
- But the potion - which must have been a strong sleeping draft or its opposite, a stimulant or hallucinogen - can only have mitigated the agony.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000…. From the entry sleeping draft
- Similarly, there is an increasing interest in potions and plant extracts from the science of ayurveda, preparations that have been listed to slowen the deleterious process of aging.1992, Indian Journal of Applied Psychology, volumes 29-30, page 3. From the entry slowen
- We are just helpless innocents, like someone slipped a potion to or something.’ I stopped trying to peel off the skins; it was making me ill again. ‘But who, though?2008, Margo Lanagan, Tender Morsels, London: Jonathan Cape, published 2009, →ISBN, page 268. From the entry spellmistress
Meaning of potion
- noun A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
- verb To drug (someone).
Questions about potion in a sentence
- How do you use potion in a sentence?
- Potion is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink.”
- What is a short sentence with potion?
- ““Finally misbrew a potion?” Nan chuckled.”
- What does potion mean?
- Potion means a small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
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