stressed out

Example Sentences

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"TCM bars" have popped up in several cities across China, epitomising what the country's stressed-out, time-poor youth refer to as "punk wellness", or "wrecking yourself while saving yourself".

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

In the new Hulu comedy, Zahn plays Jake Hudson, the stressed-out head coach of the fictional South Georgia Catfish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

What she views as playful antics look like stressed-out apes bouncing off their steel mesh walls.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2024

One of p53’s roles is to orchestrate cellular senescence, telling stressed-out, unruly cells to stop dividing before they cause problems.

From Science Magazine • May 16, 2024

My friend was also stressed-out from a long week of hospital work, and from trying to figure out what unusual risk factors might have brought on the strange illness.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond