How to Use stressor in a Sentence

stressor

noun
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  • Credit card debt is a major stressor in her life.
  • Think of stressors adding up like tiles in a game of Tetris.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
  • Workplace Headaches The stressors of the workplace are many.
    — Jody Michael, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • To say Covid-19 has been a stressor is putting it mildly.
    — Maria Minor, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
  • All the stressors in the home come right to school, which is something no amount of money can change.
    — The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2019
  • There’s no change in the landscape, so that kind of stressor is much like spaceflight.
    — Nicholas Stfleur, STAT, 16 Feb. 2024
  • But there is something that comes before it—the thing or event that causes the stress in the first place, a stressor.
    — Cheria Young, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • Spending a great deal of time indoors with kids is a major stressor for a lot of us right now.
    — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Stress plays a pivotal role in the ecology of wildlife species and increased perceived stressors in the wild.
    — Neha Jain, Quartz India, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Don’t be afraid to talk about your financial stressors with those closest to you.
    — John Schlifske, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2020
  • But were some kids better able to weather those stressors?
    — Jenny Anderson, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Amelia and Emily Nagoski demonstrate how a stressor is like a lion on the prowl.
    — Cheria Young, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • Students say Whittaker creates a world in the classroom that feels far away from the stressors in their lives.
    — Eliza Gray, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Most short-duration space flights take place on the shuttle, and launch itself is a huge stressor.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The biggest stressor for Bade and his wife are their aging parents in India.
    — Deepa Fernandes, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Not all these stressors, by any means, were work-related.
    — Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The main stressor of the latest surge is the availability of intensive care units.
    — Kellie Hwang, SFChronicle.com, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Children were exposed to the many stressors that came from living through the pandemic.
    — Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2024
  • But some people will age faster and die younger from toxic stressors than others.
    — Lawson R. Wulsin, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The macro events of the nation and world have impacted all of us, compounding the ongoing stressors in the workplace.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But sometimes, like today when the bikers came honking down the lane, the stressors of daily life become too much.
    — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • On social media, Rodulfo is very open with her job stressors and day-to-day tasks.
    — NBC News, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Andrew is in flight mode, mentally checking out and avoiding the stressors of his job.
    — Anne Lackey, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • With more grass and a complex web of climate stressors comes more fire risk now and increasingly in the future.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • With more grass and a complex web of climate stressors comes more fire risk now and increasingly in the future.
    — Eric Zerkel, CNN, 9 June 2024
  • Time can be a huge stressor and obstacle to better mental health.
    — Laine Thomas Conway, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Then there’s often an element of bad luck or some other stressor that comes in.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023
  • A lot of variation helps a species be more resilient to stressors such as climate change or habitat loss.
    — Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Parents who raise the most resilient kids don’t eliminate stressors.
    — Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The researchers analyzed stressors such as food insecurity, delays in medical care and living in a neighborhood that didn’t feel close-knit or safe.
    — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024

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