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"fight or flight" stimulating hormone secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress (making the body feel excited and ready for action)- She's an adrenaline junkie. She loves the rush that comes from roller coasters, skydiving, and big waves.
adrenaline = "fight or flight" stimulating hormone
- She was still shaking from the adrenaline rush that came with the fright.
- You should rest. You're running on caffeine and adrenaline.
- Before every game the adrenaline flows, but this game was like no other.Carl Deuker -- Gym Candy
- Struggling, bursting with adrenaline, he finally found an open spot to get his feet under him and ran with all his power.James Dashner -- The Maze Runner
- There was no adrenaline, no danger.Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
- I felt totally wired on adrenaline, just nuts.James Patterson -- The Angel Experiment
- A new surge of adrenalin sent the weary army in full flight to the rescue of their comrades.R.A. Salvatore -- The Crystal Shard
- I'd be so pumped with adrenaline, I wouldn't need it.Carl Deuker -- Gym Candy
- An adrenaline-steroid-amphetamine craziness came over me, and pretty soon I was screaming and bouncing up and down more than anyone.Carl Deuker -- Gym Candy
- The gunslinger was pumped full of adrenalin; the car was flying along the tracks into the darkness.Stephen King -- The Gunslinger
- I could feel my heart beat and the fiery, enlivening flow of adrenalin in the blood.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- But, careful, she circled her craft, scenting the sharp adrenalin wafted from his pores.Ray Bradbury -- Something Wicked This Way Comes
- The barbarian had been fighting with hardly a break for over ten minutes, but adrenalin coursed through his veins, and he barely felt winded.R.A. Salvatore -- The Crystal Shard
- But I wanted to be with Viviana, away from the war cries, thebloodshed, away from the adrenalin pumping up our speech and walk.Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
- Rod felt cold ripple of adrenalin shock trickle down his back and out his finger tips.Robert A. Heinlein -- Tunnel In the Sky
- Everybody else was dragging, waiting for practice to end, but the adrenaline was flowing for me.Carl Deuker -- Gym Candy
- Yet even the adrenalin and bloodlust that pumped through their veins could not dispel the exhaustion from their hard march.R.A. Salvatore -- The Crystal Shard
- ... 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.Tennessee Williams -- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Something disturbs me ... adrenalin's pumped in my blood and I get short-winded, that's all, that's all there is to it.Tennessee Williams -- A Streetcar Named Desire
adrenaline = "fight or flight" stimulating hormone
adrenaline = "fight or flight" stimulating hormone
adrenaline = "fight or flight" stimulating hormone that excites the body and prepares it for action
adrenaline = "fight or flight" stimulating hormone
adrenaline = hormone released to help the body prepare for action ("fight or flight")
adrenaline = "fight or flight" stimulating hormone
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