POTION in a Sentence

Learn POTION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for POTION, such as:

1. One evening, the doctor had ordered a very expensive potion.
2. Angelina Jolie concocted quite the potion for theaters this weekend.
3. Thank God, the operation of the potion is slow, and may be counteracted.
4. Hugo demanded a potion to make Zara adore him, and one to destroy Roderigo.
5. Sister Simplice, who had been watching with her, availed herself of this slumber to go and prepare a new potion of chinchona.

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 Meanings and Examples of POTION
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potion
 n.  dose of liquid; liquid mixture; liquid medicine
Classic Sentence:
1  The doctor recommended silence, and that all painful emotions should be avoided; he prescribed an infusion of pure chinchona, and, in case the fever should increase again during the night, a calming potion.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF
2  Sister Simplice, who had been watching with her, availed herself of this slumber to go and prepare a new potion of chinchona.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HA...
3  This Restaurant Rousseau, where so few bottles and so many water carafes were emptied, was a calming potion rather than a restaurant.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS POOR
4  One evening, the doctor had ordered a very expensive potion.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF
5  The hideous potion of absinthe-porter and alcohol had thrown him into a lethargy.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIII—ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK
6  Hugo demanded a potion to make Zara adore him, and one to destroy Roderigo.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWO
Example Sentence:
1  Ever present, they absorb the viscous lava of contempo culture through their pores, let it course through their veins ‘til a diffuse plexus of melodies and rhythms form, and then release the bubbly potion onto an unsuspecting audience.
2  Angelina Jolie concocted quite the potion for theaters this weekend.
3  Thank God, the operation of the potion is slow, and may be counteracted.