Daily Sentence

Each day the wordsmiths at Dictionary.com select one word to be the Word of the Day. But a word without a sentence is like a wingnut without a bolt—useless. Here, we give these words a proper home, and some dignity. Woof!
Jul 17
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Anodyne

The badger cub (is it called a cub?) had been caught in a bear trap (who sets a trap on a bike path in Golden Gate Park?) and whelped like a banshee until I injected 40 CCs of anodyne (was it codeine or morphine? Whatever Big Sal had that day, I guess) into its paw.