: 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 demonstrates a highly stressed magnetic field, a prime environment for an explosive release — and that's exactly what happened.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Kaweah is one of California’s most stressed groundwater basins, sitting in the southern San Joaquin Valley where decades of heavy pumping have caused chronic overdraft.
—Chaewon Chung
december 3, Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
These symptoms typically affect the lower leaves first and work their way up as the plant gets more stressed.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Dec. 2025
Nobody wants to endure a Wednesday of flight delays and icy roads and finally come home to a stressed family, only to then watch characters suffer through the same.
—Alex Ross Perry, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
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Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Kaweah is one of California’s most stressed groundwater basins, sitting in the southern San Joaquin Valley where decades of heavy pumping have caused chronic overdraft.
—Chaewon Chung
december 3, Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
These symptoms typically affect the lower leaves first and work their way up as the plant gets more stressed.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Dec. 2025
Nobody wants to endure a Wednesday of flight delays and icy roads and finally come home to a stressed family, only to then watch characters suffer through the same.
—Alex Ross Perry, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
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 11 Dec. 2025.
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