How to Use stressful in a Sentence

stressful

adjective
  • I had a stressful day at work today.
  • This year has been stressful for me.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • That sounds so stressful to me.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The days are less stressful now.
    — Milla Surjadi, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • That was the most stressful part.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
  • Think about how stressful of a job that is on the best of days.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The Pitt is stressful right now.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Playing on the wrong side of the score is stressful.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • Cutting grass at any time is stressful on lawns.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
  • Cutting grass at any time is stressful on lawns.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But the steals did make for a lot of stressful moments.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • For years, bedtime was the most stressful part of my day.
    — Reem Raouda, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
  • This is a stressful place in stressful times.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Who could blame the guy for wanting to take a less stressful job?
    — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 23 July 2023
  • This is a reminder that growth doesn’t have to be stressful.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 8 Feb. 2026
  • And junior year is a stressful time!
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2026
  • For many people, work is the most stressful part of their lives.
    — Jason Leverant, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Making dessert for a crowd is stressful.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Be in like a stressful state and then perform at like even hard lines.
    — Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But this oil saves me, even in the most stressful seasons of change.
    — Anja Webb, Parents, 28 July 2025
  • The pause made hiring for this year's gaps even more stressful.
    — Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
  • That’s the stressful part of training camp.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Can't even imagine how stressful it's been for her through all of this.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2022
  • In the last few months, air travel has been stressful, to say the least.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Writing is stressful all the time.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026
  • But there was a lot of noise around the project, and that is always stressful.
    — Outside, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The last few months of the year always tend to be the busiest and most stressful.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
  • It's been stressful to be honest.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • It's been stressful to be honest.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • It's been stressful to be honest.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026

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