: subjected to or affected by stress
Feeling stressed can often lead people to reach for a high-calorie, sugary comfort food.—
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Alexa MikhailAs important as training is to distance running, the time devoted to repair stressed muscles between races is even more crucial.—Joseph Hall
Joseph HallThat translates into a drought, and stressed trees are highly susceptible to beetle infestations.—Jim Robbins
Jim Robbins… the soundscape inside these vehicles, punctuated by mechanical rattles and the groans of stressed metal …—Chris Knight
—often used with out —often hyphenated before a nounChris KnightShe's never looked so stressed out, or been so unflatteringly photographed.—David Ansen
David Ansen… the kind of help most stressed-out parents can only dream of …—Michelle Tauber et al.
Michelle Tauber et al.Examples of stressed in a Sentence
He was feeling pretty stressed about the deadline.
you seem really stressed right now, so maybe you should try to do something more relaxing
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That framing changes the design goal from awareness to state change, helping a user fall asleep faster, calm a stressed nervous system or manage a chronic condition in real time.
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Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
6 July 2026
Cocoa butter softens and migrates toward the surface, resulting in fat bloom—the chalky, grayish-white film that appears on chocolate that has been temperature-stressed.
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Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
1 July 2026
Images in the instrument's hundreds of wavelengths can reveal a variety of detailed information, such as how stressed, dry or even pigmented plants are on Earth's surface.
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Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
1 July 2026
On top of that, supporting developing fruit requires a lot of energy and moisture from plants, and leaving ripe fruit on plants too long can make plants more stressed and vulnerable to drying out.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2026
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Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
6 July 2026
Cocoa butter softens and migrates toward the surface, resulting in fat bloom—the chalky, grayish-white film that appears on chocolate that has been temperature-stressed.
—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
1 July 2026
Images in the instrument's hundreds of wavelengths can reveal a variety of detailed information, such as how stressed, dry or even pigmented plants are on Earth's surface.
—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
1 July 2026
On top of that, supporting developing fruit requires a lot of energy and moisture from plants, and leaving ripe fruit on plants too long can make plants more stressed and vulnerable to drying out.
—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for stressed
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“Stressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stressed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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