How to Use hyperactive in a Sentence

hyperactive

adjective

• When Laney runs, his hyperactive brain calms down, and in its place is a calm rhythm.
  — Jennifer Kuhns, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2021
• The under-12 crowd darts through the hyperactive jets of a fountain embedded in the pavers.
  — Curbed, 27 July 2022
• That’s a problem of the hyperactive hive-mind work flow.
  — David Marchese David Marchese, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2023
• And yes, the hyperactive Hamilton watches Netflix at the end of the day.
  — Lisa Boone, latimes.com, 28 June 2019
• When he was hired, the lingo sounded over-the-top and easy to dismiss as the musings of a hyperactive mind.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2020
• And the hyperactive pace of news, which ramped up during the campaign and hasn’t slowed down much, is a major factor.
  — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 10 May 2017
• But don’t assume this hyperactive SUV is all play and no work.
  — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2019
• Picnics are a way of tapping the brakes, even as life goes back to its usual hyperactive speed.
  — Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 June 2022
• Sure enough, people with IBS have been shown to have a hyperactive amygdala.
  — Jessica Wapner, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2023
• The beauty of a pizzeria from a hyperactive chef is the menagerie of flavors that come together.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• The hyperactive camerawork of the first episode works to keep pace with a script that’s written in the bing-bang-boom rhythm of a Mamet play, where the joke’s on everyone.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
• The hyperactive pace of this year’s 60-day short legislative session shows in the numbers.
  — Joseph O’Sullivan, The Seattle Times, 11 Feb. 2018
• In many ways, Sheveluch is like Mount St. Helens' hyperactive cousin.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
• Chris Jericho stood with his back to the hyperactive crowd, his arms outstretched and lights flashing on his jacket.
  — Dan Gelston, miamiherald, 26 May 2017
• In fact, the fast-talking hyperactive chef from Newport Beach is flummoxed with her mystery partrner from the get go.
  — Nancy Luna, Orange County Register, 10 Feb. 2017
• Women danced in hyperactive bachelorette kinds of groups, while the men in jackets, some in shiny silk shirts, swayed with more adult decorum.
  — Holly Peterson, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
• The structure called the cingulate gyrus, curving through the center of the brain, is hyperactive in murderers.
  — Rob Verger, Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2014
• Dustin was their fifth child, a hyperactive mess of red hair who sometimes preached at his father’s church in tiny Ekalaka, Montana.
  — Alden Woods, azcentral, 29 June 2018
• Although the team around him has been hyperactive, Mr Johnson himself has sat out most of the chances to debate or be interviewed.
  — The Economist, 20 June 2019
• After that, all bets are off in what is predicted to be a hyperactive season.
  — Andrew Freedman, Axios, 19 July 2024
• The result is a bourbon that is just a bit too much, and the use of Spanish oak here comes across almost like a hyperactive cask finish in terms of its effect on the flavor.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 18 June 2023
• The season is now just one named storm away from tying the infamous and hyperactive 2005 season which made it as far as Zeta.
  — NBC News, 19 Oct. 2020
• At this second of two back-to-back Garden shows, Eilish commanded every inch of the stage like a hyperactive court jester.
  — New York Times, 20 Feb. 2022
• Redemption comes in many guises, and that is what this clever, hyperactive story is all about.
  — Pamela Miller, Star Tribune, 16 Oct. 2020
• The drug’s main goal is to balance certain chemicals in the brain that cause poor attention spans when hyperactive.
  — Dallas News, 24 July 2022
• The muscle, which was strong enough to keep the birds in flight, turned out to be metabolically hyperactive even after it had been pulverized.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
• The eels in the cocaine water appeared more hyperactive to the biologists than the eels in cocaine-free water.
  — Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 30 Sep. 2021
• Studies have shown, for instance, that people with PTSD have hyperactive amygdalae, which are a region of the brain that helps process emotions.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2023
• Also, a hyperactive thyroid, anemia such as from iron loss, and caffeine can all elevate your heart rate.
  — Trisha Pasricha, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
• The stadium overflows with hyperactive adolescents, some waiting outside hoping to catch a glimpse of the singer emerging from her trailer and others practicing one of Lady Raven’s viral dance routines in the lobby.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024