How to Use peyote in a Sentence

peyote

noun
Definition of peyotenext
  • Boyd was intrigued by the way the Huichol gathered peyote.
    — Will Hunt, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
  • This peyote trip was watchable instead of just weird because of the stakes involved.
    — Spencer Kornhaber and Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 28 May 2017
  • That Scalia wrote the opinion in Smith, the case about Native American use of peyote, seems ironic.
    — Christopher Shea, Vox, 1 Aug. 2018
  • The court ruled that the law against use of peyote applied to all, religions groups and nonreligious groups alike.
    — Mark Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The 1990 case ruled against a Native American group that wanted to use peyote in its services.
    — Mark Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The Chip Kelly era—a three-season peyote trip—was weird and wild, but also produced two 10-win seasons.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Users of peyote feel their heart rate increase as well as their body temperature.
    — Kelly Santana Banks, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2023
  • After obtaining a search warrant for the home, deputies found six pots of peyote cactus and two jars of the drug, totaling 1,900 grams, along with the other drugs and plants.
    — Dana Burke, Houston Chronicle, 12 June 2018
  • My first writings on the subject told the story of two lone peyote worshipers whose faith was outlawed entirely by the state of Oregon.
    — Garrett Epps, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Among the sources of these psychoactive substances is peyote, which has been used by Native Americans for thousands of years.
    — Louis Metzger Iv, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • In a 5-4 decision, the court said the use of peyote was not protected by the First Amendment's guarantee of the free exercise of religion.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 3 May 2017
  • Children were given peyote and encouraged to add to the wall painting as part of ceremonies, Salvador said.
    — Brian J. Cantwell, The Seattle Times, 31 May 2017
  • Unlike psilocybin mushrooms and peyote cactus, those plants are legal to buy and grow.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, latimes.com, 22 June 2019
  • The same thing that allows Indians, Native Americans, to use peyote.
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 22 May 2018
  • Nearly half of the participants consumed the San Pedro cactus, and nearly a quarter of them consumed peyote.
    — Benjamin Adams, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • The elderly man shared his knowledge of shamanism, yoga, kung fu, and peyote, which Castaneda wrote about in several books.
    — Los Angeles Magazine, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Gagliano participates in a peyote ceremony in which the villagers chant before a fire.
    — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The federal agency planned to put it in the same classification as heroin and peyote, a class that indicates a high potential for abuse.
    — Anne Geggis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 June 2017
  • Rosario goes romantic with its pomegrantie, primofiore, and white peony combo, while Infinitoud harks back to Ayurvedic perfumery through its use of myrrh, peyote, and Gurjun balsam.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Stone took anything and everything over the course of his life: peyote, quaaludes, smack, Ritalin, Halcion, benzodiazepines.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Lophophora williamsii—peyote—which contain the oldest psychedelic medicine known to man.
    — Jesse Will, Outside Online, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Both peyote and psilocybin are native to North America and central to the some of the spiritual practices of Indigenous peoples.
    — Jodi Helmer, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Harvesters hired by peyoteros, licensed suppliers of peyote for use in the Native American Church, sometimes take star cactus, too.
    — Betsy Andrews, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2018
  • Other drugs in this category include heroin, peyote, and the club drug ecstasy.
    — Lynn Johnson, National Geographic, 16 June 2017
  • The case before the court arose when two Native Americans were fired for having used peyote during a religious ceremony.
    — David G. Savage, latimes.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • The Navajo Nation Council is considering a measure that states the tribe is against the decriminalization of peyote.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Millions of baby boomers were coming of age and starting to experiment on their own with LSD, magic mushrooms, peyote, and other hallucinogens.
    — Don Lattin, Slate Magazine, 3 Jan. 2017
  • De Rampart apparently liked it there and tried to start a revolution against the colonizers, but the Spanish Inquisition captured him and burned him at the stake, accused of sedition and — of eating peyote.
    — Rodrigo Cervantes, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Ethyn Maki, an employee wearing a shirt printed with peyote cactuses, sidled up.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
  • Because of the possibility that peyote could go extinct in less than 50 years, the group Decriminalize Nature believes decriminalizing peyote will be the plant's saving grace.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2022

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