adrenaline
Example Sentences
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The actress plays an outdoors-loving adrenaline junkie harassed by a group of hunters in director Baltasar Kormákur’s spectacular, unsettling film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
McIlroy, with the adrenaline pumping, hammered his tee shot on the 170-yard par three 16th beyond the pin and off the back of the green.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Several times while training for Ironman triathlons, I’ve crashed my bike and jumped right back up—there was so much adrenaline flowing that I didn’t feel pain in the moment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
“When you see you’re near the top your adrenaline gets you through it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
When his adrenaline wore off and the excitement ended, the sadness regained control.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Vocabulary lists containing adrenaline
Ghost
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