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  • I could feel my heart beat and the fiery, enlivening flow of adrenalin in the blood.   (source)
  • A new surge of adrenalin sent the weary army in full flight to the rescue of their comrades.   (source)
  • The kiss, which had more pressure than feeling behind it, produced that extra surge of adrenalin in the girl that enables one to carry a packed trunk out of a burning house, but in her, the power went at once to the brain.   (source)
  • Something disturbs me … adrenalin's pumped in my blood and I get short-winded, that's all, that's all there is to it.   (source)
  • Blood rushed to my brain; I felt an animating surge of adrenaline, of possibility, of a frontier being pushed outward.†   (source)
  • Still crowded with adrenaline, Liesel caught sight of him smiling with such absurdity that she dragged him down and started beating him up as well.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline shoots through me and I sling the pack over one shoulder and run full-speed for the woods.†   (source)
  • Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.†   (source)
  • They are high on adrenaline, and often high on illegal substances as well.†   (source)
  • The crew was jumpy, coursing with adrenaline.†   (source)
  • Henry brought the sedan to a stop and a flush of adrenaline went through Edgar.†   (source)
  • Climbing up into the parking gantry had taken nearly everything I had, but adrenaline was coursing through my veins.†   (source)
  • It's the consequence of adrenaline and other hormones flooding our system, usually in response to some kind of stimulus.†   (source)
  • Inside, they collapse in front of a roaring fire, adrenaline and relief surging through them.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline was rushing through Wes's body, followed quickly by fear, but no regret.†   (source)
  • I was jacked up on adrenaline, unsure of what to do next, overcome by a paralyzing mixture of fear and rage.†   (source)
  • The jolt of adrenaline has forced his heart to pump furiously and this heart is not a strong one and the pumping leaves him drained.†   (source)
  • The curator felt a surge of adrenaline.†   (source)
  • A sudden adrenaline spike woke me up, and I jumped out of bed.†   (source)
  • Harry didn't want to sit still: He was too full of adrenaline.†   (source)
  • They look as windblown as I feel, the frenzy of adrenaline in their eyes and their hair askew.†   (source)
  • And I . figured, with the crazy adrenaline coursing through my body, I might be able to jump over the rim again.†   (source)
  • My adrenaline rush left me.†   (source)
  • But, on the other hand, you chase a rhino for more than five minutes in a car and he'll drop dead from adrenaline shock.†   (source)
  • Jess said, "Yeah, adrenaline."†   (source)
  • I can't tell if adrenaline is keeping me from feeling other effects of my fall.†   (source)
  • He had felt a sudden rush of adrenaline, as if he'd turned a street corner and run into a long-lost friend.†   (source)
  • The waves were big and I could feel the adrenaline rush.†   (source)
  • The air filled with adrenaline-induced war cries from Redd's soldiers, agony-infused moans from the throats of King Nolan's men.†   (source)
  • My blood sings, coursing with adrenaline, my pulse so loud I almost miss his whispered words.†   (source)
  • Spencer's skin prickled with adrenaline.†   (source)
  • Liquor and adrenaline took over.†   (source)
  • The adrenaline's gone to his head.†   (source)
  • And as my father moved, his adrenaline raced.†   (source)
  • I was really running on adrenaline by then; I couldn't eat the food that was offered, I think I had taken a sip of a Dr Pepper.†   (source)
  • The adrenaline in the throat and the lungs expanding.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline carries him an entire spiral up, but then it's as if his body has realized what's happening, and he abruptly halts and dangerously sways backward.†   (source)
  • Gil took forever to answer the door, and when he did, Eleanor realized she'd used up all her adrenaline knocking.†   (source)
  • A red warning flashed across her retina display, informing her that she was experiencing elevated levels of adrenaline.†   (source)
  • But the notion that climbers are merely adrenaline junkies chasm a righteous fix is a fallacy, at least in the case of Everest.†   (source)
  • Now that the adrenaline and excitement have faded, my legs feel like they're made out of iron, and I'm panting before I've gone a quarter of a mile.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline shots to restart my heart.†   (source)
  • I could feel the adrenaline surge into my bloodstream.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline poured into my body.†   (source)
  • There was maximum adrenaline inside that tin can on treads.†   (source)
  • I cannot run away on the muscular effects of adrenaline, but I could taste fear in the back of my throat and feel its despairing weight in my slack limbs.†   (source)
  • All at once the thrill of adrenaline kicks in.†   (source)
  • Kassad's adrenaline was flowing and the bloodlust had him in its grip.†   (source)
  • Instead, the adrenaline rush seemed to make my brain work much faster, and I was able to absorb in clear detail several things at once. clear detail several things at once.†   (source)
  • A human geyser of adrenaline and testosterone, he had maintained this pitch from the first day of spring practice until this morning, the day before the team was scheduled to play its final game of the season.†   (source)
  • Our adrenaline pumped, our legs pumped, our arms pumped, our hearts pumped.†   (source)
  • Her adrenaline kept her pacing through the night.†   (source)
  • I was riding on adrenaline.†   (source)
  • Really, he has only two emotions: sleeping and adrenaline overdrive.†   (source)
  • He played in Seattle last night but he's always so full of adrenaline after a gig, and driving helps him to come down.†   (source)
  • Suddenly I am in adrenaline overdrive.†   (source)
  • She felt as if she'd been running on pure adrenaline since she woke up.†   (source)
  • In that moment, I was definitely feeling healthy and whole, the Randy of old, powered no doubt by adrenaline and the thrill of a full house.†   (source)
  • But the adrenaline rush caused him to over compensate, and in slow motion Mack watched his feet rise up in front of him as if jerked up by some jungle trap.†   (source)
  • Flooded with dread and adrenaline, I see darkness coming.†   (source)
  • Hope shoots through my veins like adrenaline.†   (source)
  • The adrenaline that had kept me going earlier was slowly turning sour.†   (source)
  • When you're in the chase, the adrenaline pumps, minutes seem like seconds, and in your single-minded state you are for all intents and purposes a zombie, ignorant of everything around you and capable of nothing but checking out the lead.†   (source)
  • I finished half the bottle sitting on her sofa by myself, my eighteenth burst of adrenaline kicking in just when I thought I'd finally go to sleep: My eyes were shutting, I was shifting my pillow, my eyes were closed, and then I saw my wife, blood clotting her blond hair, weeping and blind in pain, scraping herself along our kitchen floor.†   (source)
  • Her heart thumped wildly with fear-fueled adrenaline and rage.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline edginess gnawed at her.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline pumping, I dropped to the ground and felt the red dirt swooshing underneath my left hip.†   (source)
  • With a near-supernatural burst of adrenaline, he made a dash for me, forcing Miss Dominatrix to break into a sprint to keep from being pulled off her feet.†   (source)
  • He was weary and thirsty, and he could not really focus, and the adrenaline had died inside of him.†   (source)
  • I was scared, confused, and running on adrenaline.†   (source)
  • He could feel his body wanting to go faster, rush, adrenaline flooding his senses, but he knew they could be ambushed at any moment.†   (source)
  • When she locked the door to her compartment, she could feel that for the first time in two days, her adrenaline levels had returned to normal.†   (source)
  • I sped forward with the force of adrenaline.†   (source)
  • Already, adrenaline pulsed through him, making the edges of his vision swim and his senses more acute.†   (source)
  • Nor did I. At the moment adrenaline was our primary nutrient.†   (source)
  • I'm ready for that adrenaline rush …. with you.†   (source)
  • Wilton, whose adrenaline was flowing, said Mac was talking nonsense.†   (source)
  • Now that my adrenaline is fading, I'm beginning to realize how badly I'm hurt.†   (source)
  • You know how riding real fast in a car or a spectacular takeoff in a jet gives you an awesome rush of adrenaline?†   (source)
  • My adrenaline surges, my training kicking in, telling me to attack the Augur, to rid myself of this threat.†   (source)
  • He felt a rush of adrenaline and fear.†   (source)
  • I guess what they teach us in biology about adrenaline taking over during the whole fight-or-flight thing is true because even though my chest felt like it was going to explode and it seemed as if I was trying to breathe underwater, I ran up the last and steepest part of the trail like they'd opened up all the stores at the mall and they were giving away free shoes.†   (source)
  • My hands were still trembling, as if trying to shake out that last bit of adrenaline singing in my blood.†   (source)
  • It was adrenaline, I guess.†   (source)
  • The adrenaline of the initial"Can I do this?" period was definitely over, and the rest of my time in Danbury stretched ahead of me.†   (source)
  • Talk about an adrenaline rush!†   (source)
  • I was an adrenaline junkie for sure.†   (source)
  • It hit her like a shot of adrenaline.†   (source)
  • We lived on adrenaline and excitement.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline snapped Mortenson back upright.†   (source)
  • "We used a helium-neon laser," Cristian Arcega answered rapidly, keyed up on adrenaline.†   (source)
  • A rush of adrenaline shoots through my body as I look down at his hand, still holding on to mine, still holding on to the volume button.†   (source)
  • My thoughts drift off with the last vestiges of my energy and adrenaline, leaving me with the all too familiar feeling of nausea I've come to know well.†   (source)
  • As he walked closer and closer on Powell, his adrenaline surged, his heart pounded, almost out of control.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline was pumping through my veins and my muscles were tense, as if my body was still waiting for the crash.†   (source)
  • Cedric, ushered here mostly by adrenaline and faith, realizes he's now facing a living, breathing, credentialed counterpoint to his revered Bishop.†   (source)
  • His bloodthirst had grown to obnoxious levels, and lately, just the scent of blood and adrenaline coursing through a group of humans' veins was enough to bring his fangs out and set his stomach rumbling.†   (source)
  • If not for the adrenaline flooding my system, the pain would've been totally debilitating.†   (source)
  • I feel a combination of relief and adrenaline sweeping through me.†   (source)
  • Whenever I've had to resort to adrenaline to the heart it has never worked, Hema said to herself.†   (source)
  • The problem with adrenaline, Makatsu's thin voice whispered, is that it makes your head weak.†   (source)
  • There is a rush of adrenaline each time the jury is led in and seated.†   (source)
  • I could feel my adrenaline levels dropping.†   (source)
  • Then Mavis's quick, flirtatious laugh had her adrenaline draining again.†   (source)
  • Whatever adrenaline I had had moments before ebbed away.†   (source)
  • The incident in the lavatory had opened the stopcock on his supply of adrenaline, canceling the effects of the lulling surf and the two beers that he had drunk.†   (source)
  • I could feel the adrenaline start to flood my body.†   (source)
  • Max stalked down the hall, adrenaline now racing through his body.†   (source)
  • My veins were coursing with adrenaline and anger, and I couldn't wait to take the field and get the game started.†   (source)
  • He would feel completely alert -- that would be adrenaline.†   (source)
  • My adrenaline turned up a notch.†   (source)
  • He's an adrenaline junkie, and his psyche requires illicit excitement.†   (source)
  • The post-fight adrenaline has me literally trembling.†   (source)
  • The adrenaline in her blood, the sharp pain in her fingers from climbing the chain-link fence, her heart pounding in her chest-the whole experience seemed absolutely real.†   (source)
  • Mason didn't stop to think—he raced outside in an adrenaline rush and charged across the field to what was left of the plane, its fuselage ripped apart.†   (source)
  • A surge of adrenaline shot through him and his brain went on full alert.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline surged through Burnah.†   (source)
  • The rage adrenaline is flooding my arms and legs, stiff with repressed energy.†   (source)
  • John says, "I'm not engineer educated, but I am an adrenaline junkie.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline taking over, I recalled a fuzzy memory of a self-defense lesson I'd once attended with Ben.†   (source)
  • Or, at least, adrenaline junkies.†   (source)
  • My hackles rose, and the adrenaline tingles came into my extremities.†   (source)
  • But get them out in the field in a combat exercise, or anything that gets them keyed up and full of adrenaline, and they're as explosive as a hatful of mercury fulminate.†   (source)
  • It's adrenaline, they tell me.†   (source)
  • … I woke up, I didn't know where I was or who I was with, I got panicky … adrenalin was released and I got short-winded.   (source)
  • I felt blood and adrenaline pulsing through me, like I was ready to attack the rebels myself.†   (source)
  • All I knew was that my heart was pounding in my chest from the sudden rush of adrenaline.†   (source)
  • Thomas gasped for air, his chest heaving as adrenaline throbbed through his body.†   (source)
  • The wound in my shoulder throbs, but I hardly feel it through the pulse of adrenaline.†   (source)
  • I guess you can do anything when your adrenaline is up.†   (source)
  • Now that she had a full stomach, her adrenaline was fading.†   (source)
  • When I rise, soaking wet, shaking with adrenaline, fear, strength, my eyes fly to Cal.†   (source)
  • "Have you been with me the entire time?" inquired Mack, a little ramped from the adrenaline rush.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline pulsed through my veins as the realization of danger slowly sank in.†   (source)
  • Langdon was hit by a surge of weariness, the adrenaline alone no longer enough to keep him alert.†   (source)
  • He leaned against the door frame, ignoring the kick of adrenaline the sight of her produced.†   (source)
  • I've been shaking like this for hours, it must be the adrenaline, my heart just won't slow down.†   (source)
  • I was giddy with joy, and adrenaline was pumping through my veins.†   (source)
  • A second kick of adrenaline hit like an electric shock, and everything was suddenly very clear.†   (source)
  • Or I was a skydiving, drag-racing, adrenaline-fueled daredevil.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline pumped in my blood and my head felt featherlight.†   (source)
  • Grouard demanded, feeling his adrenaline spike for a second time in the last thirty seconds.†   (source)
  • My head feels muddled, probably from exhaustion, but the adrenaline keeps me running.†   (source)
  • But I'm jacked up on adrenaline and euphoria.†   (source)
  • Then adrenaline surged through his body.†   (source)
  • My fists have been clenched and I realize I had mistaken adrenaline for nerves.†   (source)
  • Heart pounding, adrenaline burning through me, everyone is my enemy.†   (source)
  • Breath and fire and lungs seizing, releasing, adrenaline saving what was left.†   (source)
  • My body was weary and full of sour adrenaline.†   (source)
  • I imagine that the serum is liquid adrenaline rushing through my veins, making me strong.†   (source)
  • In battle, of course, I was fine—when your adrenaline is pumped, you don't feel anything.†   (source)
  • Maybe it's not as heavy as he thought, or maybe he's on adrenaline overdrive.†   (source)
  • I don't feel like a nap this afternoon, there's still too much adrenaline.†   (source)
  • She reminded herself to breathe as adrenaline coursed through her veins.†   (source)
  • Thomas screamed, the pain like a burst of adrenaline through his blood.†   (source)
  • His lungs strained for oxygen as the adrenaline doubled his heart rate.†   (source)
  • I take a deep breath and adrenaline races through me.†   (source)
  • Veins surging with adrenaline, Clary staggered to her feet.†   (source)
  • They were driven by more than just religion and adrenaline, even more than blood lust.†   (source)
  • I run faster than I can possibly run, like I'm breathing adrenaline instead of air.†   (source)
  • The adrenaline rushing through his body helped push away his fear—he just kept moving.†   (source)
  • SPIKING LEVELS OF ADRENALINE, warned her control panel.†   (source)
  • It's not just the anticipation of solitude, though, it's the excitement, the adrenaline.†   (source)
  • It would have been pain if adrenaline wasn't coursing through me like acid.†   (source)
  • It was a tremendous adrenaline rush—you're low and fast.†   (source)
  • That adrenaline and booze buzz I had earlier on would have been long gone.†   (source)
  • Now that I am safe, the adrenaline that propelled me here is fading, and the pain is getting worse.†   (source)
  • Her retina display began to panic, noting her increased levels of adrenaline, her racing pulse.†   (source)
  • Gladers fought, panic-induced adrenaline driving them on.†   (source)
  • The camerlegno began to feel the fog of wonder and adrenaline dissipating.†   (source)
  • He exaggerated a salute, feeling a rush of adrenaline, as he knew he'd just crossed a line.†   (source)
  • Pulsing with adrenaline, Thomas drew his legs together and pulled them tight against his chest.†   (source)
  • Not with so much adrenaline coursing through his veins.†   (source)
  • Food, sleep, and adrenaline have him feeling sober once more.†   (source)
  • Hazel weighed nothing, and Frank's body hummed with adrenaline.†   (source)
  • The adrenaline seemed to enter his system as if he were hooked to a giant, invisible IV.†   (source)
  • Adrenaline screamed through my system like a high note on an electric guitar.†   (source)
  • There's too much panic, too much terror, too much adrenaline.†   (source)
  • Then again, raw adrenaline returned all of his strength to him.†   (source)
  • On the contrary I am alert, I crackle with adrenaline, despite the late-summer heat.†   (source)
  • Her eyes were nearly black with adrenaline, but her joy at seeing him was plain.†   (source)
  • He was dead tired but running on adrenaline.†   (source)
  • Her adrenaline surged, and she masked it with a bland smile.†   (source)
  • Scott was still hyped up, the adrenaline surging.†   (source)
  • Candor who switch to Dauntless tend to become boisterous, fight-picking adrenaline junkies.†   (source)
  • Amanda could feel adrenaline flooding her body.†   (source)
  • He felt the adrenaline rush through his body, fed by a paralyzing fear.†   (source)
  • The look on his face had my adrenaline surging through my body.†   (source)
  • He slumped exhausted against the fallen tree and felt his adrenaline dropping to zero.†   (source)
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