How to Use limbic in a Sentence

limbic

adjective
  • The nail in the foot is the film’s iconic moment of limbic horror.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 May 2021
  • The answer is that the narrative design largely gets in the way of the limbic disturbances of the originals.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2019
  • This new general biology included a new brain structure atop the brainstem called the limbic brain.
    — Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • So much of the place’s history has left with its late inhabitants or is tucked away in the recesses of Ethel Kennedy’s limbic system.
    — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 23 Aug. 2017
  • There is a sort of limbic satisfaction in rubbing a loser’s nose in defeat, especially after a bitter contest.
    — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The first abnormality appears in the limbic system, the set of brain structures involved in, among other things, processing emotions.
    — Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic, 16 May 2017
  • Female brains also showed more blood flow in the limbic region, which controls basic functions like hunger and thirst but is also thought to influence parenting and attachment.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2017
  • The limbic system, the center for our emotions, begins to show much higher activity, while the frontal lobes, which might ordinarily calm people, start to shut down.
    — Chris Nashawaty, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2012
  • Humans naturally gravitate towards things that light up the limbic regions of our brains, the deep system wired for survival and pleasure motivation.
    — Linda Rodriguez McRobbie, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2019
  • That’s because loss is processed in the limbic, or emotional part of the brain, and gains register in the prefrontal cortex, where cognitive behavior is processed, Finke said.
    — NBC News, 29 Mar. 2022
  • In autoimmune limbic encephalitis, certain antibodies, the foot soldiers of the immune system, mistakenly attack parts of the brain.
    — New York Times, 12 Jan. 2021
  • More fat on the arms, legs and trunk was linked to a thinner cortex in the brain’s default-mode and limbic networks – systems that support memory, internal focus and emotional regulation – pointing to slightly less efficient recall and mood control.
    — New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The Orexin system regulates neuronal limbic circuits implicated in depression, and trials of Orexin 2 receptor antagonists are well underway.
    — Husseini Manji, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Early and ongoing experiences of limbic resonance—the process through which a caregiver’s gaze, tone and expression mirror a child’s inner world—stimulate and strengthen neural networks in regions like the prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate and mirror neuron systems.
    — Jim Winston Jr, Forbes.com, 18 Feb. 2026

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