stress
noun
importance attached to a thing.
Example Sentences
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I also, and less stressfully, love the heroine of Jane Austen’s “Emma.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2020
In 1956, she tearfully dissolved the decade-long fashion-photography enterprise that she had been conducting successfully but stressfully with her husband, Allan.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2016
The key to success is to hold the final “o,” on a stressfully high B, for as long as possible.
From Time ● May 25, 2016
The advance could eventually lead to a Breathalyzer of sorts for dolphins and other animals that could measure a suite of health parameters far more easily and less stressfully than current diagnostic methods do.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 24, 2014
She could hear him breathing quick and stressfully.
From Success A Novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams
