stressor

Example Sentences

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He's laboratory focuses on how environmental stressors, including UV radiation and arsenic in drinking water, disrupt molecular pathways and damage cellular systems in ways that promote cancer.

From Science Daily

Lonely individuals are also more likely to face additional inflammatory life stressors — like poverty — or to respond to stress more vehemently than their well-connected counterparts.

From Salon

A person experiencing stressors—such as discrimination, bias and stigma—because of their minoritized identity can internalize feelings of shame when their psychosocial support systems and coping mechanisms are inadequate or overwhelmed.

From Scientific American

“I’ve got a lot of stressors going on,” she said, “but the focus is keeping those who are up there safe.”

From Los Angeles Times

If you suffer from stress dreams, keep a pad of paper by your bedside and jot down the stressors exposed in your dreams.

From Washington Post