suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
Used in a Sentence
stressed
How to use stressed in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for stressed.
Editorial note
And I don't think he's been very stressed while doing it.
Examples15
Definitions2
Parts of speech1
Quick take
suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of stressed gathered in one view.
bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for stressed.
adjective
suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
See also: distressed
adjective
bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"
See also: accented
Example sentences
And I don't think he's been very stressed while doing it.
They disappeared from the bus when stressed, but come back OK after a power cycle.
When she feels stressed, she just chews some nicotine gum and that seems to get her through the craving.
I loved him. He constantly stressed out our system and showed me the bottlenecks.
People would be very stressed committing to anything they have not done 100 times before.
Like, "but I love this dorm-room atmosphere, and when I get stressed out I can go play foosball in the corner".
But in reality it just made things worse because it numbed me up to the real reasons why I was stressed out.
It also stressed that much of the technological low-hanging fruit is long gone.
I fly them when I can because I enjoy the experience and don't want to be stressed out when I get to where I'm going.
There might be situations where talking is unproblematic but I dont want to make that decision on the spot and when Im stressed.
The more I worried I wasn't completing things the more I stressed myself out and set unrealistic deadlines and then missed them and got upset.
If I talk with my boards on his misbehaviour it will get them stressed and stop believing on the companySorry dude, looks like that is precisely what you are going to have to do. Don't worry about the board stressing; they can handle it.
Features like automated volume remirroring or multi-AZ failover increase the load on an already stressed system, and they often cause this kind of "storm.
And I've read other articles that say the intelligence community was stressed because of the situation and in particular the way the public was acting.
The organ transplant industry dies.- more trees and less concrete lead to cooler cities?- you can probably get away with more single-lane streets, with no parking, increasing usable land areas in cities by 25%, significantly dropping housing prices.- in your driverless car, you can talk on your cell, use your laptop, read a book, not be stressed from driving.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use stressed in a sentence?
And I don't think he's been very stressed while doing it.
What does stressed mean?
suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
What part of speech is stressed?
stressed is commonly used as adjective.