stressful

Example Sentences

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"When the vehicles arrived, the joy I felt even made me cry because I no longer have to deal with engine oil or anything stressful," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

It was hierarchical and stressful, but it was not because of my fellow writers, except that I wanted to impress them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

One particularly stressful occasion was earlier this year, on an East Midlands Railway train from Nottingham to London.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

And the chief culprit has been the use of demand-driven dynamic pricing by FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, a variable that has made ticket-buying stressful and unpredictable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

For reasons never explained, Shin was transferred to the camp’s garment factory, a crowded, chaotic, stressful work site where two thousand women and five hundred men made military uniforms.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden