stressed
Example Sentences
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"It's difficult to just suddenly cut it off and not have an impact, leave a huge chunk. That chunk cannot easily be replaced," he stressed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
"But I'm definitely not giving it up," she said, and stressed that the government was "making a difference" through investing billions in social and affordable homes.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Federal officials stressed that this did not suddenly exonerate the lettuce.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
“When the conversation becomes a dinner-table conversation, it’s going to become, definitely, a board-level conversation,” said Shah, who stressed the importance of keeping human control over AI in these chats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Or we were too stressed about getting picked up by some cop car that would eventually come creeping up over the hill behind us and flip on their lights.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
Vocabulary lists containing stressed
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STAAR English II: Elements of Literature 2
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I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018
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