Emotions & feelings
be running on adrenaline
keep going through excitement or stress
If you are running on adrenaline, you keep going because of excitement or stress rather than normal energy.
Hear it in real life
You look exhausted.
I am, but I'm still running on adrenaline.
After the accident, I was running on adrenaline and didn't notice how tired I was.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was running by adrenaline.
Say: I was running on adrenaline.
The fixed preposition is “on,” meaning that adrenaline is giving you energy.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be running on adrenaline; be running on pure adrenaline
Your turn: say it out loud
After the accident, I was running on adrenaline and didn't notice how tired I was.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be running on adrenaline
keep going through excitement or stress
“After the accident, I was running on adrenaline and didn't notice how tired I was.”
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