How to Use circadian in a Sentence

circadian

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• One of the key markers of the circadian clock is melatonin.
  — Haley Samsel, USA TODAY College, 12 June 2017
• Your sleep, appetite, immune function, and much else are governed by your body’s circadian rhythms.
  — Alice Park, Time, 30 Aug. 2017
• This one works in tandem with your natural circadian rhythm to wake you gently with a glow and soft sounds at the exact right time in your sleep cycle.
  — Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2024
• During the day, try to get good exposure to natural light, as that will help regulate your circadian rhythm.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 19 July 2017
• Aging also alters the circadian rhythm, causing older adults to fall asleep and wake up earlier.
  — John Loeppky, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
• A consistent bedtime helps set circadian rhythms and provides a sense of order and structure, Cralle says.
  — Sarah Hamaker, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2017
• There are ways to ease the adjustment, including getting more sunshine to help reset your circadian rhythm for healthful sleep.
  — Associated Press, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024
• Your circadian rhythm is your body's 24-hour natural internal clock in the brain that manages alertness and sleepiness.
  — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
• The bulbs change color throughout the day to provide different types of light matching the body’s circadian rhythms, which determine when people should wake, work and rest.
  — Sammy Caiola, sacbee.com, 5 June 2017
• And the wall is topped with stadium lighting, bright enough to turn night into day, disrupting the circadian rhythms that butterflies use to navigate and feed.
  — Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024
• Research also suggests chronic stress can disrupt circadian rhythms, which may have trickle-down effects on everything from sleep to digestion.
  — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
• This theory came about after researchers discovered that rats who had their usual food intake restricted experienced changes in their circadian rhythms.
  — Health.com, 21 Aug. 2017
• The body temperature drops a little before bedtime because your circadian rhythm controls body temperature.
  — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 9 June 2017
• The Naval Postgraduate School has developed a shorter watch schedule to match circadian rhythms, which uses three hours of watch duty and nine hours off.
  — Dave Philipps and Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2017
• Purpose: Exposure to natural light helps maintain circadian rhythms for babies, parents and staff, and views of nature reduce stress and anxiety.
  — Barbara Sadick, WSJ, 25 June 2017
• Our circadian rhythms are tuned to the rising and setting of the Sun and the push and pull of the Moon.
  — Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
• Is the child having a circadian rhythm problem — is the child a night owl?
  — Lisa Bain, Good Housekeeping, 1 July 2023
• At the retreat, work with a guide to craft a plan to improve your circadian rhythm.
  — Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine, 2 Mar. 2022
• And the timing of sleep hinges on our circadian rhythm.
  — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
• Our circadian rhythm tends to shift with age, telling us to sleep and rise earlier in the day.
  — Trisha Pasricha, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
• The reason may have to do with the influence of circadian rhythms.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2023
• This sets up circadian rhythms and helps with alertness in the morning.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
• In this metaphor, the circadian rhythm is the conductor.
  — Brian Resnick, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018
• Our body keeps track of when to wake up and go to sleep based on an internal clock known as our circadian rhythm.
  — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
• Just as your body runs on a circadian rhythm, so do your microbes.
  — Jessica Migala, Women's Health, 24 July 2023
• The light is a signal to your brain to stay awake and can upset your circadian rhythm, which helps keep you asleep during the nighttime.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2023
• The movement is due to pressure in the plant’s cells tied in to its circadian clock, though the purpose isn’t exactly known.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 6 Feb. 2020
• Random blasts from the past don’t present the same structural support for our circadian rhythms.
  — Danny Chau, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2020
• They're not getting hit with blue light which throws off their circadian rhythm.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
• But there’s more to stoking the body’s circadian rhythm than through a sunny day or a bottle of water.
  — Cassie Shortsleeve, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024