comfort zone
noun
1
: the temperature range within which one is comfortable
2
: the level at which one functions with ease and familiarity
Examples of comfort zone in a Sentence
He pushes the players to perform beyond their comfort zone.
I need to expand my comfort zone and try new things.
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Alstott saw the incident as endemic to settings such as London that take NFL teams out of their comfort zones.
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Michael Silver, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Thankfully, my band has always pushed me out of my cozy comfort zone.
—Jill Cunniff, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
In My Secret Santa, Virgin River star Alexandra Breckenridge is going far outside her comfort zone.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Or, take a step outside of your fashion comfort zone by scoring trendy fringe jackets and puff-sleeve tops while they’re majorly marked down.
—Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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Michael Silver, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Thankfully, my band has always pushed me out of my cozy comfort zone.
—Jill Cunniff, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
In My Secret Santa, Virgin River star Alexandra Breckenridge is going far outside her comfort zone.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Or, take a step outside of your fashion comfort zone by scoring trendy fringe jackets and puff-sleeve tops while they’re majorly marked down.
—Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for comfort zone
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“Comfort zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comfort%20zone. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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