under stress

Example Sentences

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When mitochondria increase their oxygen consumption under stress, they can lower the amount of oxygen available inside chloroplasts.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Today that warm financial embrace is suddenly under stress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

But under stress, this interconnectedness could rapidly transmit shocks.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

The Household Cavalry admitted it had "failed Jack" and had taken action after a coroner concluded Jack, from Bridgend, was "plainly under stress" at work and did not intend to take his own life.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

And actors have never been known to injure themselves in an effort to attain either unless under stress of temporary compulsion.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various