How to Use jet lag in a Sentence

jet lag

noun
  • I had bad jet lag after that last trip overseas.
  • What’s your go-to jet lag cure?
    — Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
  • What is your go-to jet lag cure?
    — Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • No more than a bad case of jet lag.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Best tip for getting over jet lag?
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Best trick for getting over jet lag?
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
  • No jet lag eating a day on each end of the trip.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Once under the lights though, not a trace of jet lag of course.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
  • Jesse chalked it up to jet lag and pushed through with the broadcast.
    — Zoya Teirstein, Wired, 25 Sep. 2021
  • That’s what gives you jet lag and takes you out of being present.
    — Essence, 14 Jan. 2026
  • One of the worst parts of long-haul travel is by far the jet lag.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 June 2023
  • So, good to be back and shake off the jet lag, get things started.
    — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Novak Djokovic laughs in the face of jet lag.
    — Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Stash these in your toiletry bag to help combat jet lag on long trips.
    — Nicole Saporita, Good Housekeeping, 20 Feb. 2020
  • There’s also a slight kick of caffeine, which helps with jet lag.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2026
  • There’s also a slight kick of caffeine, which helps with jet lag.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
  • And that does seem to track well with why jet lag happens, and what many do to get over it.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025
  • That’s why Monday morning can feel like jet lag.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Only a select few managed to brave the jet lag and bridge both worlds.
    — Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • Once the mealtime excitement is over, the jet lag can creep in.
    — Nick Stockton, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Therefore it's often used to combat jet lag or adapt to new time zones.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Lana Condor joins our video call fresh off a blur of travel and jet lag.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Chopra stated that one of the best ways to deal with jet lag was by grounding yourself.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Add in jet lag, and back-to-back meetings; most of us would have a hard time not falling asleep.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • And, remember, jet lag can still cause middle-of-the-night wake-ups.
    — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
  • My one mega indulgence at this age to help with jet lag is a thing called a Joovv.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The jet lag is real for Audrey Nuna.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In quarantine, there was no rush to get over jet lag, as there was no one to see and no place to go.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Treat sleep as a luxury, using an eye mask to combat jet lag.
    — Sherry McAllister, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The passenger might attribute those feelings to jet lag or dry air on the plane.
    — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 19 Feb. 2020

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