overstress
Example Sentences
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Sit in the building that originated “The Sopranos” and “The Wire” and you feel a certain pressure to intellectualize your ideas, to overstress your originality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
Security Council, “I cannot overstress the severity of the situation in Haiti, where multiple protracted crises have reached a critical point.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
As of earlier this week, less than one-quarter of the hospital’s 115 patients had Covid, but it was enough to overstress an already taxed facility.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
I really cannot overstress this: Don’t raise your voice to other kids on the playground.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2021
"I can't overstress the importance of this," Forential said.
From Earth Alert! by Kris Neville
