[ UK /stˈɪmjʊləs/ ]
[ US /ˈstɪmjəɫəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
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How To Use stimulus In A Sentence

  • Prior to testing, stimulus males were kept for some days in aquaria with a one-way mirror on one side to acclimatize them with their reflected image.
  • Their readings have roots in and derive their stimulus from historical and political schema of dissent outlined in the biblical narratives.
  • This pattern of stimulus and response is parallel to the way that a shepherd might train his sheepdog.
  • “In order to balance the budget this biennium, which is $182 billion, we used $14 billion in federal stimulus money to balance it,” said State Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan. Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » David Dewhurst Explains Texas Budget Deficit Was Not a Budget Deficit If You Look at It Cross-Eyed
  • The political system has moved on to the automobile bailouts and the fiscal stimulus, but the original problem of trust in the financial system has still not been fixed.
  • Of course, the trouble with fiscal stimulus is that it is a blunt instrument. Times, Sunday Times
  • However, such interaction is more effectively used in the drinking stimulus portion of the scenes than in the sensitization portion.
  • Consumers remain hunkered down, and the Federal Reserve is nearly tapped out in providing monetary stimulus, so it can't replicate the sharp cuts in interest rates that gave the economy a big lift in the 1980s. Lessons of Reagan's Rebound
  • Both Mexico and Canada are angry with the U.S. for the "buy American" provision in Obama's stimulus bill, which they label correctly as "protectionist. Cracks Emerging in NAFTA
  • There is no important causal connection between the reinforcing effect of a stimulus and the feelings to which it gives rise.
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