stressed
IPA: strˈɛst
adjective
- Suffering stress (either physical or mental).
- (phonetics) Having a stress or accent.
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Examples of "stressed" in Sentences
- This is called the "stressed" loan-to-value ratio.
- "What's been stressed is hang time," Masthay said.
- Asked if he would face criticism from his more conservative backers, McCain stressed his party is all encompassing.
- (His body was so stressed from the run, pain, and the pressure of his attackers, that he started coughing up blood.)
- He again stressed that the YMCA had to remain neutral, or Germany and Austria-Hungary would break off relations with the organization.
- "The first thing people want to do when they get stressed is eat stuff that's bad for them," said Bauer, who counsels Wall Street executives.
- In a January 2006 CNN interview, McCain stressed conditions Hamas would need to meet before establishing a working relationship with the United States.
- But he again stressed the message he made throughout the election campaign — that the party must avoid "navel gazing" through an internal party discussion but must go out and win the center-ground.
- As for his ties to his onetime rival Bush, McCain stressed that he is not trying to distance himself in the fall to win over independents, who are a key part of the electorate in battlegrounds such as New Hampshire and Oregon.
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