How to Use body clock in a Sentence
body clock
noun- It takes a while for my body clock to get adjusted when I fly from New York to London.
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But doctors don't have an easy way to check the body clock.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2012
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Even a few hours here is enough to reset your body clock to deep calm.
—Trish Lorenz, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2019
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The body clock might be rewired, but Woods knows the clock is ticking on his career.
—Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 16 July 2019
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That means everything from body of work to body clocks, from eye tests and more.
—George Schroeder, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2017
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The game kicked off at noon ET, which was 9 a.m. according to body clock of the Cal players.
—Christopher Smith, al, 23 Sep. 2019
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So far, though, her body clock is winning the battle with those crazy early times on the alarm clock.
—BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2021
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Try to do so outside -- the sunlight can help restore your body clock.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 21 Apr. 2021
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Back-to-back road games (this one a 10 AM body clock kickoff) are a major concern.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2021
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Research shows that the brain needs a big contrast in light—during the day versus the night—to keep your body clock on track, Dr. Wu says.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 10 Mar. 2023
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Kickoff is at the awkward time of 10 a.m. on the body clocks of Tijuana’s players.
—Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 May 2018
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Midway through the second half, the Wolverines had a 40-30 lead, as the clock struck midnight back in Detroit – that’s their body clocks.
—Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2018
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When the sun goes down, the body clock turns melatonin production back on, and a few hours later sleep arrives.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 19 Sep. 2022
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So every day, our body clocks need to wind backward by just a little bit to stay on schedule.
—Brian Resnick, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018
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Nobody gets to stop his body clock in his prime and not go into subtle, then marked, decline.
—Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 12 Feb. 2018
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Along the same vein, Oura is introducing a body clock feature.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 15 Mar. 2023
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Walnuts are one of the best food sources for melatonin, a hormone that helps regulate the body clock for a better night's sleep.
—Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 21 Dec. 2018
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The lack of sleep and my body clock being all over the place didn’t really hit me until we were done in Antarctica.
—Amy Marturana, SELF, 8 Mar. 2018
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To maximize your sleep quality while on the road, think of light as the most powerful cue for your body clock.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
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The sunlight will program your body clock and help regularize your sleep and wake rhythm.
—Jamie Ducharme, Time, 11 Apr. 2018
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My body clock had nothing in common with those of normal people.
—Tom Scharpling, Vulture, 12 July 2021
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This is meant to follow peoples’ body clocks, but may interrupt your sleep.
—Ramsey Qubein, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2023
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Golden believes a great deal of the pressure women face is based on the idea of body clocks and traditional tropes.
—Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The Spaniard had also spoken about waking up very early as his body clock adjusts to the Australian time zone.
—Sarah Holt, CNN, 12 Jan. 2020
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But where melatonin really outshines the sun is in its ability to shift your body clock in the days leading up to a flight, too.
—Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2023
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Less was previously known about the link between migraines and the body clock, Dr Burish added.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Well, 31 Mar. 2023
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In other words, how the light influenced their internal body clocks.
—New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026
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Then, sleep strategically to help your body clock reset.
—Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025
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Maybe their internal body clocks hit the snooze button more than once then, given this was a rarity in a sense.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 29 Nov. 2025
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These eating habits may impact your body clock, stress hormones, and nutrient absorption, harming bone health.
—Simon Spichak, Health, 3 Sep. 2025
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