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
At the age of 40, he shifted to working with stressed-out traders and determining who can make it inside Wall Street’s pods.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
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
No stressed-out friends or family on your nice list?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023
I’ve been a bride, a stressed-out new mother, a daughter torn up by grief.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
