How to Use adrenal gland in a Sentence

adrenal gland

noun
  • The pit of the adrenal gland is the adrenal medulla.
    — Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 3 Mar. 2026
  • But three scans of his adrenal glands all came back negative.
    — Ryan Prior, CNN, 19 May 2021
  • The sound of a rumbling V8 at idle still pumps my adrenal glands.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The cancer had already spread to her pelvis, brain, spine, sacrum and adrenal gland.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • My adrenal glands were pumping their juices with a frequency that felt like hell on earth.
    — Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Your adrenal glands near your kidneys produce this hormone in response to stress.
    — Wendy Wisner, Health, 23 June 2025
  • Testosterone is also produced in smaller amounts in the ovaries as well as the adrenal glands.
    — Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
  • My overworked adrenal glands pushed me through sleepless nights and the boredom of those early days.
    — Susannah Cahalan, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Earlier this year, a scan showed the cancer had progressed again, this time to her adrenal gland.
    — John Fauber and Coulter Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Cortisol is best known as the hormone that’s released by the body’s adrenal glands in times of stress.
    — Paul McClure 24, New Atlas, 24 May 2025
  • His adrenal glands, where cortisol is made, weren’t working at all, just like his thyroid gland.
    — New York Times, 8 Sep. 2021
  • It is usually linked to a tumor in or enlargement of the adrenal glands.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
  • Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands, which sit on top of the kidneys.
    — New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands, which sit on top of your kidneys.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • Cortisol is a hormone released by the adrenal glands on the kidneys.
    — Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Barbara's cancer that started in her adrenal glands had already spread to her lungs and liver.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2023
  • And, in 2020, that was when the couple learned the cancer had spread to his adrenal gland.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The bad news was that tumors in his liver, adrenal glands, bones and soft tissue had multiplied and grown.
    — John Carreyrou, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Cortisol, a fight-or-flight hormone found in your adrenal glands, is often the culprit.
    — Brennan Kilbane, GQ, 16 May 2018
  • Cortisol, which is produced by the adrenal glands, maintains this response over time.
    — Marie Bladt, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Those locations included the brain, plasma, the heart, lymph nodes, adrenal gland, and eyes.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2022
  • It is said to promote adrenal gland health, regulating hormones for the people who drink it.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In males, estrogen is produced in the testes and, similar to women, in fat cells and adrenal glands.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Lindsay suspected there might be something in his adrenal gland that acted like a tumor, but wasn't one.
    — Ryan Prior, CNN, 19 May 2021
  • The principal stress hormone is cortisol, which is produced by the adrenal gland.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 20 May 2025
  • An ultrasound showed lesions on JD’s adrenal gland and his liver.
    — Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The hormone is produced by the adrenal glands and affects virtually every cell in the body.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Tumors in the adrenal glands or the pituitary gland (in the brain) can affect cortisol levels.
    — Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 3 Mar. 2025
  • For example, your adrenal glands, found on top of your kidneys, secrete cortisol, a stress hormone.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health, 16 July 2023
  • In many cases, doctors may add other drugs to block testosterone from secondary sources in the body, such as the adrenal glands that sit above the kidneys.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025

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