internal clock

Example Sentences

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During adolescence, the body's internal clock naturally shifts later, meaning teenagers tend to feel alert later at night than adults do.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

My internal clock wherever I am just knows it’s 4 p.m. and I get a little sad.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

Prof Luscher said that - like the researchers suggest - it is "possible" that coffee drinking later in the day could disrupt out bodies internal clock at a time we should be resting.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

You really have to be thoughtful of your act structures and that internal clock.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024

Either by his internal clock or Chubs’s excited squeaks, Liam woke first.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken