How to Use arousal in a Sentence

arousal

noun
  • The mass arousal seemed to be triggered by the smell of diesel and the noise of revving engines.
    — Ruxandra Guidi, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Some of it is about what level of arousal hits our personal sweet spot.
    — Gail Cornwall, Good Housekeeping, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The point is to continue arousal in whichever form feels best for you.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 14 Oct. 2020
  • These two strains of cannabis either relax or heighten your sense of arousal.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Don’t be ashamed to reach out for help for how to do this or to try new methods to increase arousal.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 18 May 2026
  • Delta 8 has been utilized for centuries to enhance male arousal.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2023
  • Any spot on your body that induces arousal can be paired to create a blended orgasm.
    — Amanda Chatel, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Studies have shown that arousal raises our pain threshold, so get after it!
    — Georgina Kim, Glamour, 2 Mar. 2023
  • For some people, this arousal feels like a tingling sensation.
    — Erika W. Smith, Refinery29, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The law is represented by a bell curve with low arousal (or stress) on the left side and high arousal on the right side.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Jim wanted to show that this kind of arousal is generally not a pleasant thing.
    — Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2023
  • This makes sense because research has long shown that novelty boosts arousal and desire.
    — Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020
  • This can help enhance pleasure and arousal, making for a more intense orgasm.
    — Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Your brain often makes sense of this arousal as anxiety, but that’s not mandatory.
    — Lisa Feldman Barrett, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024
  • This correlates to arousal signals like stress, or other states of high emotion.
    — Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The arousal serum gives you sort of tingly sensations, which can be a fun way to spice things up, and the lube is just great to have on hand.
    — Gear Team, Wired, 5 Feb. 2022
  • This occurs when the vestibular bulbs become engorged with blood during arousal.
    — Kristine Thomason, Health, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Their arousal centers are distorted.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Their arousal centers are distorted.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
  • At the center of the curve is what is referred to as optimal arousal and performance.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The idea is to bring your partner to a high state of erotic arousal, then add an element of control that will blow their mind.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 13 July 2023
  • Thinking about what gets your partner going is another part of finding your own arousal, too.
    — refinery29.com, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The male subjects were hooked up to monitors that measured their arousal when shown photos of nude men or women.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Phones are a boundless source of information, which can provoke a state of arousal and alertness.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 27 Aug. 2023
  • But the tricky part is that nerves can interfere with this arousal process, and you and your partner could get aroused at different speeds.
    — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 22 Aug. 2018
  • Harrington said this study shows that BChE is involved with this lack of arousal.
    — Katherine Dillinger and Jen Christensen, CNN, 13 May 2022
  • The idea is to downshift from excess arousal into a more centred space, Nedas explained.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The body is relaxed, the mind is in a meditative state, and the goal is to exist in arousal, not chase orgasm.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Other emotions, like sadness, amusement, and arousal were less conducive.
    — Byeamon Barrett, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The goal is not orgasm but staying in a sustained state of arousal for an extended period of time.
    — Jennifer Pollitt, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026

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