How to Use cortisol in a Sentence

cortisol

noun
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  • The sight sent a jolt of cortisol through his body and an urgent shout out of his lungs.
    — Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
  • Your cortisol level is supposed to rise in the morning and drop as the day goes on.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 21 May 2020
  • When the brain no longer detects the threat, cortisol levels fall.
    — Andrea Petersen, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022
  • What are the signs and symptoms of high cortisol levels?
    — April Benshosan, Glamour, 24 July 2024
  • Stress releases cortisol to the body and brain, which causes the feelings of fight, flight or freeze.
    — Jenny Anderson, Time, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The study analyzed the stress hormone cortisol, which circulates in the blood and leaves its mark in strands of hair.
    — Fox News, 7 June 2019
  • The hygiene comes in the form of lowering levels of cortisol, the main stress hormone.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 25 Apr. 2022
  • These can all lower your cortisol levels, which can help clear your mind and your skin.
    — Kara Wahlgren, Seventeen, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, range higher for both men and women in the morning.
    — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 23 June 2022
  • When the stress takes precedence, cortisol levels increase, and the body becomes alert.
    — Alexa Mikhail, CNN, 14 June 2022
  • Bonell knew that heat stress can trigger the release of cortisol, which could hinder blood flow to the placenta.
    — WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
  • One study shows that a 20-minute walk can relieve stress and decrease your cortisol levels.
    — David O'Hara, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The research team plans to dig deeper into the role cortisol may play in long Covid in future studies.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2023
  • One of the key benefits of delta 8 is its ability to reduce cortisol levels in the body.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Relieves Stress The body produces cortisol, the stress hormone.
    — Ashley Olivine, Ph.d., Mph, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The drug is also used to treat Cushing syndrome, a condition in which the body produces too much of the hormone cortisol.
    — Sahar Fatima, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The researchers also measured the hormone cortisol in the hair of dogs and their owners over a year-long period.
    — Bronwyn Orr, Quartz, 9 June 2019
  • Turns out spending time with friends lowers cortisol, the body’s stress hormone.
    — Karina Bland, azcentral, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Your chemistry can ricochet from the feel-good pleasure of dopamine to the fight-or-flight anxiety of cortisol.
    — The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Danckert found that the boring clip induced higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol than the sad one.
    — Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021
  • There’s no reason to raise your cortisol and make everyone else crazy.
    — Jazmine Denise Thompson, Essence, 22 Oct. 2024
  • When that stress persists week after week, the body adjusts to the higher cortisol levels.
    — Sarah Sekula, CNN, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Fear can trigger the release of adrenaline and cortisol, the body’s stress hormones.
    — Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The original plan was to train dogs to detect heightened levels of cortisol, the stress hormone.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 3 May 2021
  • For people on the Pill as well, changes in cortisol aren’t likely to affect their periods.
    — Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 8 Apr. 2019
  • In fact, 20 minutes of any art form can improve mood and lower cortisol or stress levels.
    — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 6 May 2023
  • And there’s the stress hormone cortisol, a major component in dream, or REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, says Bryant.
    — Miriam Foley, Good Housekeeping, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The weight helps to boost the production of serotonin and melatonin while reducing the stress hormone cortisol.
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Just petting a dog can reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Quieting your mind stimulates the part of your brain that dampens the surges of adrenaline and cortisol accompanying stress.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

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