How to Use stimulant in a Sentence

stimulant

noun
  • The movie was a stimulant to discussion.
  • Feeling chill on your skin and in your lungs is both a respite and a stimulant.
    — David G. Allan, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021
  • In the short term, at least, tax cuts would raise demand and act as a stimulant.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • At low doses—say, when the fresh leaves are chewed—kratom acts as a stimulant.
    — Peter Andrey Smith, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2019
  • Kratom has been used in low doses as a stimulant or brewed into tea.
    — Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Some drinks have other stimulants, too.
    — Dr. Mark Corkins, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
  • That's of course thanks to the caffeine, a stimulant that can rev up your body's engine for the day.
    — Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Kratom acts as a stimulant in low doses and a sedative at high doses.
    — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2022
  • For a movie about a stimulant, there’s a remarkable lack of zip; events plod along like a sober bear.
    — WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
  • It is sometimes seen as a path to the recreational use of stimulants.
    — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
  • But both parties stressed that chemical stimulants were no small part of the process.
    — Mike Lillis, The Hill, 14 May 2025
  • It's also used as an appetite stimulant and to treat chronic pain.
    — Laurel Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Caffeine is a stimulant and can disrupt a child’s normal sleep rhythm.
    — Kathy R. Byrnes, Cincinnati.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • What stimulant was combined with fentanyl changed based on where people lived, the study found.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Khat is a stimulant that comes in leaf form and is typically chewed or brewed into a tea.
    — Stephanie Farr, Philly.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The drug acts as both a stimulant and a psychedelic.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
  • On the other hand, cannabis is a substance that can be a stimulant or a depressant.
    — Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The chemical is best known as a stimulant that raises the heart rate and blood pressure.
    — Daniel Wolfe, Quartz, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Lemon balm will reduce stress and uplift without the stimulant.
    — Christine Buckley, Bon Appetit, 19 July 2017
  • Light acts as a stimulant, similar to the way caffeine does, even in people who are blind.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 24 June 2018
  • Caffeine is a stimulant that boosts the amount of cAMP in your body.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 May 2022
  • Avoid caffeine or stimulants at least eight hours before bedtime.
    — Rosanna Sutherby, Verywell Health, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In some children, some stimulants can cause the paranoid feeling that bugs are crawling on them.
    — Ryan D'agostino, Esquire, 27 Mar. 2014
  • Energy drinks have high amounts of caffeine and some contain guarana, both of which are stimulants.
    — Sarah Cottrell, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • The product is sold as a pain reliever, mood booster and stimulant.
    — Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Oxygen is a natural stimulant that will help wake you up and clear out some of that fogginess.
    — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 29 June 2018
  • She was found to be under the influence of a stimulant and placed under arrest.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Kratom is a plant supplement sold to treat pain, to help people stop using opioids or as a stimulant.
    — NBC News, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Caffeine is a short-acting stimulant.
    — Md Published, Verywell Health, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The stimulant is then absorbed into the bloodstream.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

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