Examples of stressor in a Sentence
Credit card debt is a major stressor in her life.
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His insights may be used to pinpoint genes that help plants adapt to environmental stressors, such as disease or extreme weather, which scientists could then work to enhance in vulnerable species.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Researchers from the Harvard Institute of Politics asked the group aged 22 to 29 about the biggest stressors in their lives and their preferences in this year's mayoral race in order to better understand the political attitudes of New York City's young voters.
—Halle Troadec, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2025
Without this cognitive translation, day-to-day stressors may dictate overall sense of well-being, or the mix and shifts between positive and negative parts of parenting may make life seem overall incoherent for these fathers.
—Anthony Vaccaro, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2025
Developing stress tolerance skills and habits should be a key part of everyone’s routine, ensuring you’re equipped to handle both everyday and unexpected stressors.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Researchers from the Harvard Institute of Politics asked the group aged 22 to 29 about the biggest stressors in their lives and their preferences in this year's mayoral race in order to better understand the political attitudes of New York City's young voters.
—Halle Troadec, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2025
Without this cognitive translation, day-to-day stressors may dictate overall sense of well-being, or the mix and shifts between positive and negative parts of parenting may make life seem overall incoherent for these fathers.
—Anthony Vaccaro, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2025
Developing stress tolerance skills and habits should be a key part of everyone’s routine, ensuring you’re equipped to handle both everyday and unexpected stressors.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stressor
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“Stressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stressor. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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