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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Resolution #5: Challenge your body This is the year to push yourself out of your comfort zone.
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Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Carrie Underwood also stepped outside her comfort zone, hesitantly providing critical feedback (but always couching it with praise, of course).
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Any effort to create clusters would require federal policymakers, who have historically left such choices to state governments and market forces, to step outside their comfort zones and designate regions with comparative advantages where supply chains can mature and technologies can commercialize.
—Damien Ma, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2025
Thrilling experiences to push you out of your comfort zone.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2025
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Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Carrie Underwood also stepped outside her comfort zone, hesitantly providing critical feedback (but always couching it with praise, of course).
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Any effort to create clusters would require federal policymakers, who have historically left such choices to state governments and market forces, to step outside their comfort zones and designate regions with comparative advantages where supply chains can mature and technologies can commercialize.
—Damien Ma, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2025
Thrilling experiences to push you out of your comfort zone.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 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 Jul. 2025.
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