stressed out

Example Sentences

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For every VA staff member keeping a seat warm who stands between veterans and those qualified to provide for their care, there is at least one untrained, stressed-out family member forced to work at little or no cost.

From Salon

Finding out whether any other organisms respond to the noises made by stressed-out plants, as well as potentially using the information such noises suggest about the plants’ conditions, is an important next step.

From New York Times

They target children with manipulative imagery and stressed-out parents with "easy" solutions for feeding and satisfying their family.

From Salon

The pair broke movie conventions with "Everything Everywhere," spinning a chaotic tale about a stressed-out laundromat owner, her increasingly distant family and a frumpy tax agent across a multiple dimensions.

From Reuters

There's a song from the decade that goes: "I think it's so groovy now that people are finally getting together," and I had these lyrics stuck in my head for most of 2021—a time when our stressed-out society was just starting to tilt back toward groovy gathering.

From Salon