Seconal

[ sek-uh-nawl, -nal, -nl ]

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand of secobarbital.

Example Sentences

Like the Woodward patriarch, Joe and Nina enjoyed going to the races — and she too died by Seconal.

From New York Times

The novel opens with the narrator gazing upon Vladimir’s golden, shackled body, so it’s not exactly surprising when she pilfers a few Seconals from her daughter’s girlfriend’s toiletry bag.

From Los Angeles Times

A dose of Seconal, which is commonly prescribed, can be more than $3,000.

From The Guardian

When he searched for medication within their home, he’d find pills hidden in cigarette cartons and Seconals in her bath powder.

From Los Angeles Times

The New York Times called it “an unbelievably hackneyed and mawkish mish-mash of backstage plots and ‘Peyton Place’ adumbrations in which five women are involved with their assorted egotistical aspirations, love affairs and Seconal pills.”

From Los Angeles Times