stress
noun
importance attached to a thing.
were stressing
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past progressiveof stress.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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And some were stressing the positive after the lowest core inflation reading since early 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
We were stressing in line cause we thought we weren’t going to get in...
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024
She said she would delete Twitter from her phone because the comments there were stressing her out and “aren’t good for me.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
Coates said those and other costs were stressing the operating budget.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2018
The young assistants in the back seat were stressing as the black car pulled up to the curb outside the CNN studios near Capitol Hill.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2018
