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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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Several Cubs still admire Fowler for his unwavering concentration last season with the Cubs after a stressful offseason in which a multi-year contract failed to crystallize.
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Yet another strand of evidence says that the context of where people live, well beyond stressful environments in their homes or neighborhoods, shapes their chances of escaping poverty.
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The glass also lets veterinarians and volunteers do visual examinations of the turtles at all angles, thus minimizing the need for physical human interaction, which can prove stressful to patients.
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A setback Monday, possibly related to travel, will be stressful.
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Trying to provide more of a normative environment that is less stressful for inmates and staff.
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SOUTH FORK BOISE RIVER Camping doesn’t always have to be a complicated adventure, with days of planning or stressful hours leading up to departure.
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Life should be less stressful for Juan Pablo Montoya these days.
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Flight Control, an incredibly stressful cool air traffic control game developed by Australia’s Firemint, has brought out the airplane geek in all of us.
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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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