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adrenaline

[uh-dren-l-in, -een] / əˈdrɛn l ɪn, -ˌin /
NOUN
state of excitement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
epinephrine
STRONG
WEAK
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


Example Sentences

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During fasting, adrenaline activates HSL and pushes it out of the nucleus so it can help mobilize fat stores.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

“I like the adrenaline you get as a goalie and the feeling that you’re helping your team out. Even when I got scored on, I didn’t let it get to me.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

When energy levels drop, hormones like adrenaline activate HSL, triggering the release of fat that can be used by organs throughout the body.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

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

Brooklyn was still groggy as they walked from their hotel to Olympus, but by the time they’d gone through security, her adrenaline had kicked in and she was alert and ready to go.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti



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