6 sentences with “pill”

"That drug looked an awful lot like another one called Advil," Virginia told Bobbie. "I don't know if your daughter took a pill by mistake."

Dorar la píldora: to disguise the painful truth. Example: -Told you that you are very effective and almost irreplaceable? Hmmm... he's gilding the pill.

Some in London also thought the laws went too far; see the cartoon "The Able Doctor, or America swallowing the bitter pill" for a British view of what Parliament was doing to the colonies.

As we have seen, good news abounds about the benefits of naturopathic remedies. Still, Ewy insists: "No pill works miracles on its own. You still need to eat well, stop smoking and drinking too much, avoid stress and exercise regularly.

Hope in a pill? A recent study by Johns Hopkins University and the US National Institute on Aging indicates that taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g. ibuprofen) for more than two years may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease by up to 60 per cent. With less prolonged use, the risk can decrease by as much as 35 percent, according to the study authors.

Thanks to significant advances in related medical fields - the contraceptive pill was approved for use as a contraceptive in the United States in 1960, for example - second-wave feminists successfully fought for the legalisation of contraception and abortion in the late 1970s, although abortion rights remain a highly controversial political issue in countries such as the United States.