Etymology
Origin of 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
I really cannot overstress this: Don’t raise your voice to other kids on the playground.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2021
“Now that we’re here, we’re not going to overstress about anything. We trust each other that we’ll be focused in the moment.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2018
Of course, rest must be taken, and the overstress which caused the trouble avoided in future.
From Papers on Health by Edward Bruce Kirk
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