How to Use cortisol in a Sentence

cortisol

noun

• The sight sent a jolt of cortisol through his body and an urgent shout out of his lungs.
  — Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
• Your cortisol level is supposed to rise in the morning and drop as the day goes on.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 21 May 2020
• That in turn can lead to a spike in cortisol, the stress and anxiety hormone.
  — Susanna Schrobsdorff, Time, 30 June 2017
• When the brain no longer detects the threat, cortisol levels fall.
  — Andrea Petersen, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022
• What are the signs and symptoms of high cortisol levels?
  — April Benshosan, Glamour, 24 July 2024
• Stress releases cortisol to the body and brain, which causes the feelings of fight, flight or freeze.
  — Jenny Anderson, Time, 8 Aug. 2023
• The study analyzed the stress hormone cortisol, which circulates in the blood and leaves its mark in strands of hair.
  — Fox News, 7 June 2019
• The same goes for sugary foods, which cause cortisol levels—and stress feelings—to soar.
  — Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
• The hygiene comes in the form of lowering levels of cortisol, the main stress hormone.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 25 Apr. 2022
• Pimples bloomed across my face from the cortisol coursing through my veins.
  — Charlie Anderle, Bon Appetit, 3 May 2018
• Stress Stress triggers the release of cortisol, the stress hormone.
  — Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 20 Nov. 2024
• These can all lower your cortisol levels, which can help clear your mind and your skin.
  — Kara Wahlgren, Seventeen, 28 Apr. 2023
• Researchers say the stress hormone cortisol — which tends to be highest first thing in the morning — may be the reason why.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Time, 26 Oct. 2017
• Now creating content and product around cortisol, the stress hormone, seems to be the new way to go.
  — Emily Burns, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
• Neither the humans nor the dogs showed much response in cortisol levels to the sound of a baby babbling.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, New York Times, 4 June 2017
• Levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, range higher for both men and women in the morning.
  — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 23 June 2022
• When the stress takes precedence, cortisol levels increase, and the body becomes alert.
  — Alexa Mikhail, CNN, 14 June 2022
• Bonell knew that heat stress can trigger the release of cortisol, which could hinder blood flow to the placenta.
  — WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
• One study shows that a 20-minute walk can relieve stress and decrease your cortisol levels.
  — David O'Hara, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• The research team plans to dig deeper into the role cortisol may play in long Covid in future studies.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• Making things worse, a night of crappy sleep can increase the amount of cortisol, a stress hormone, pumping through your blood.
  — Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Nov. 2024
• One of the key benefits of delta 8 is its ability to reduce cortisol levels in the body.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• Relieves Stress The body produces cortisol, the stress hormone.
  — Ashley Olivine, Ph.d., Mph, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
• If there’s a lion about to pounce, or a man with a gun walking our way, the system releases cortisol, which puts us on high alert.
  — Daniel P. Keating, Scientific American, 5 May 2017
• The drug is also used to treat Cushing syndrome, a condition in which the body produces too much of the hormone cortisol.
  — Sahar Fatima, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2023
• The researchers also measured the hormone cortisol in the hair of dogs and their owners over a year-long period.
  — Bronwyn Orr, Quartz, 9 June 2019
• Turns out spending time with friends lowers cortisol, the body’s stress hormone.
  — Karina Bland, azcentral, 22 Oct. 2019
• Your chemistry can ricochet from the feel-good pleasure of dopamine to the fight-or-flight anxiety of cortisol.
  — The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2021
• One recent study performed in mice found that removing a stress hormone (the equivalent of cortisol in humans) triggered rapid hair growth cycles, regardless of factors like aging.
  — Cristina Mutchler, Health, 30 Jan. 2025
• Chronic stress, when the sympathetic nervous system doesn’t have a chance to release control, stimulates cortisol production.
  — Shani Harmon, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 28 Feb 2025