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Examples of stressful in a Sentence
I had a stressful day at work today.
Recent Examples of stressful from the Web
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The noise and chaos that comes with the Fourth of July or any holiday can be stressful and even dangerous for some pets.
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Ben’s go-to reaction in a stressful situation was always laughter, the complete opposite of Matias, whose anxiety about anything going wrong manifested itself in lots of angry, silent, car rides and everyone having to tiptoe around him.
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One of the major reasons a job interview is so stressful?
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A stressful event like the loss of a job or a death in the family or even catastrophic world events.
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Indeed, as the Chicago Sun-Times reported, the program focused on attempting to teach teen boys in violent areas of the city how to react to stressful situations in non-violent ways.
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But these annual report cards may become less stressful and less frequent.
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But for the most part, the stress tests have been getting less stressful.
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Love him or hate him, many say that is just too old for the world's most stressful job.
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First Known Use of stressful
1853
STRESSFUL Defined for English Language Learners
stressful
playDefinition of stressful for English Language Learners
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: full of or causing stress : making you feel worried or anxious
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