How to Use pain threshold in a Sentence

pain threshold

noun
  • Still, Vonn has a remarkably high pain threshold.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Liasson says the president has reached his pain threshold.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 1 Apr. 2026
  • China will have paid close attention to Trump’s pain threshold.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
  • That stop level depends on your personal pain threshold.
    — Jay Woods, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • As Shannon read up on the former president, he was struck by the politician's strength and pain threshold.
    — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Use stops just under $45, or to your personal pain threshold, to limit losses.
    — Jay Woods, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
  • An analgesic medication that works in the brain to reduce mild to moderate pain by increasing the body’s pain threshold and changing the way the body senses pain.
    — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • In our view, PSKY needs to test NFLX's pain threshold without having to bid too high.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Commonly known as Tylenol, acetaminophen is thought to reduce fever and relieve minor aches and pains by raising your body's pain threshold and regulating your body temperature.
    — Malaka Gharib, NPR, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The President and his allies bully their way through episodes that would engulf an ordinary Administration, one with a capacity for shame and a lower pain threshold for bruising headlines.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The report found that roughly 1 in 3 parks in South Los Angeles routinely got hot enough to exceed the human pain threshold which, on land, is about 111 degrees.
    — Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Researchers at the University of Washington and McGill University have completed a clinical study to determine if Elemind’s technology can be used to increase the pain threshold of subjects undergoing sedation.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2024

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