In a sentence
Six example sentences with stressed, each labelled with its topic.
The stressed conductor snapped at the strings in the dress rehearsal and spent the interval apologizing to each player in turn.
Music
The novel's stressed narrator counts down to the bar exam in every chapter, sleeping less as the pages pass.
Literature
Stressed travelers crowded the gate desk as the delay stretched past four hours and connections vanished from the board one by one.
Travel
By the third week of the audit the stressed accountants were eating lunch at their desks and answering email at midnight.
Business
The stressed rookie kept checking the scoreboard between free throws, and the coach called a timeout just to talk him down.
Basketball
A stressed line cook dropped two orders during the rush, and the head chef quietly took over the grill station.
Cooking
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