How to Use hormonal in a Sentence

hormonal

adjective
  • People are now asking these same questions about their hormonal birth control.
    Sarah Sloat, Wired, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Whyte says that hormonal imbalances and advanced age can play a part in similar fashion.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
  • And there also seems to be a hormonal connection to brain fog, connected to the ebb of estrogen that happens during the transition.
    Lisa Bain, Good Housekeeping, 29 July 2022
  • Dr Saraswat said that the future of endometriosis research also needs to look beyond a hormonal approach to treating the disease.
    Lucia Osborne-Crowley, refinery29.com, 26 July 2022
  • Between the stress of navigating the pandemic and breaking up with hormonal birth control, I’ve been left with a face full of breakouts.
    Jamie Wilson, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 July 2022
  • In fact, gender-affirming care starts with prolonged counseling, sometimes followed by hormonal treatments and surgery.
    BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Something, perhaps related to the hormonal changes that accompany menopause, seems to alter how women respond to training later in life.
    Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Women experience a roller coaster of hormonal changes throughout their lives — from menstruation to pregnancy and menopause.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
  • Martin even underwent hormone testing on the advice of a dermatologist to determine if this was a hormonal issue.
    Annie Blay, Allure, 10 July 2024
  • The difference can be due to factors such as limb length, body composition, muscle maturity, and hormonal variations.
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Walters, for example just launched Volition, a clean skincare brand that caters to those with hormonal irregularities.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 4 Aug. 2022
  • That’s the hormonal signal for the body to release an egg from the ovary.
    Latifah Miles, Parents, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Here’s what the research says about hormonal birth control and health.
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Most of the latest technologies don’t take the form of a hormonal birth control pill, though.
    Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The most reliable way to test your hormonal levels is via a blood test.
    Rachael Schultz, Men's Health, 1 Feb. 2023
  • What’s more, over the longer term, such things as hormonal changes, weight gain, weight loss, and surgery can also affect bra size and breast shape.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 14 July 2023
  • Chronic sleep loss can create a hormonal imbalance in the body that can lead to weight gain.
    Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 17 Feb. 2023
  • That said, pregnancy can lead to hormonal changes that cause new Montgomery glands to form on the nipples, which may show up as more bumps in the area.
    Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 4 Feb. 2023
  • At the same time, hormonal changes may lead to mood fluctuations.
    Roni Caryn Rabin, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • There are simple blood tests that can tell you very quickly whether or not the overeating is due to a hormonal issue.
    Dr. Devon B. Smith, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
  • Still, there are many times in a woman’s life when the effects of MS change, and hormonal changes are also at play during those times.
    Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. 2022
  • This one of the many hormonal changes that comes with pregnancy and lactation.
    Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 8 July 2024
  • The new drug delivers a safe, non-hormonal, on-demand option for men, subject to many more years of study.
    Alex Wood, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Women going through menopause tend to gain weight due to hormonal changes that occur during this stage of life.
    Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 15 Dec. 2023
  • It's made with a Japanese citrus and chamomile blend that's not too strong but can still tackle hormonal changes.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Breast, uterine and ovarian cancers are known to have a strong hormonal cause, White said.
    Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Because of the widespread use of synthetic hormonal drugs around the world, the researchers said more research is needed to study the side effects of long-term use.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
  • For the past two decades, it's also been prescribed as a treatment for hormonal acne in women.
    Sophie Vershbow, Allure, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Some of these hormonal changes might affect your appetite.
    News & Views, Health, 23 Mar. 2024
  • But male quolls show no signs of these hormonal changes at their time of death, so scientists didn’t know what causes their early demise.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2023

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