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 Adams, Samuel Hopkins