How to Use adrenaline in a Sentence

adrenaline

noun
  • Check out these spots to get your blood pumping and your adrenaline rushing.
    Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
  • That first night, Dasani and her siblings float on adrenaline.
    New York Times, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Packed with adrenaline right from the start, but also filled with lots of heart & humor!
    Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • One was the extra shot of adrenaline that goes with competing with people watching.
    Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Such a stance also enabled Ms. Hill to stay calm and allow her adrenaline to kick in.
    John Baldoni, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • No player in the field arrives on more of an adrenaline rush than Bramlett, less than two weeks removed from his signature moment as a pro.
    Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Within a few seconds of the doors closing, leaving the two women alone after such an adrenaline rush, Addison breaks down into tears.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Though the crowd attempted to give him one more shot of adrenaline at 5-4, Djokovic appeared to be weeping into his towel during the changeover.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2021
  • During a heavy swell, 20-foot waves unfurl in a perfect right-hand line, delivering a potent blend of adrenaline and serenity.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
  • But interspersed between these formal astronaut work assignments will be flashy trips for private citizens who want an adrenaline rush.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The combination of fear, anger and boredom forced a sort of adrenaline rush that made everything look technicolor and saturated.
    Brienne Walsh, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The policy blitz gave an adrenaline shot to the country’s dismal stock market days before the week-long national holiday, which starts on Tuesday.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Sunday against the Vikings, Beckham will have less adrenaline with the big unveiling behind him, and better conditioning.
    cleveland, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Downstairs, in the fitness suite an F1 simulator cockpit, emblazoned with the badge of a heritage marque, says there’s a place for adrenaline too.
    Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The adrenaline of the moment, and from the magnitude of the game, helped push him down the field.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The adrenaline from being on the mound keeps him awake for hours.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The scenery, the adrenaline, my car snapped out of cruise control.
    Uwem Akpan, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • Nothing tops the adrenaline rush of sprinting to the gate.
    Bert Stratton, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
  • By then, the adrenaline had worn off, and the sun and Dramamine had lulled most of the anglers to sleep.
    Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • But that night, as the adrenaline faded, the pain in his knee swelled.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
  • For the first time all year, the 29-year-old felt an adrenaline rush while warning up in the bullpen.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The adrenaline from his fall had long worn off, and his body was aching all over.
    Benjamin Alva Polley, Outside Online, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The adrenaline had worn off and my knee pulsed with a deep, thumping ache.
    Outside Online, 10 July 2024
  • Not if you get cut, of course, but the adrenaline of hearing your name is like. . .
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The calendar says that this is the time of year when the adrenaline ramps up a bit for Sean Payton.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022
  • Then came the Dance Marathon, the high adrenaline dance off where the couples are packed on the floor like sardines to dance their hearts out.
    Calie Schepp, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The adrenaline of game day got him through the shakiness.
    The Indianapolis Star, 26 Oct. 2022
  • But then once the challenges start, the adrenaline is just rushing through your body.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Start with a slow, leisurely descent and ease off the brakes to dial up the adrenaline.
    Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024
  • For a rush of adrenaline, take the chairlift up to Colorado's longest alpine slide and rush 3,000 feet back down to the base of the mountain.
    Tamara Gane, Chron, 23 Apr. 2023

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