How to Use stressor in a Sentence

stressor

noun

• 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
• The best approach for warming up to tough stressors may be to bring the heat.
  — Matt Fuchs, TIME, 22 Oct. 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
• For many, summer is the time to take a break from the stressors of the day-to-day and head out of town on vacation.
  — Melissa Rolland, courant.com, 9 July 2018
• Learn to avoid and/or manage the stressors of college life.
  — Alvaro Montano, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Last year, my biggest stressor was whether the person who agreed to bring the mashed potatoes would flake at the last minute.
  — Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
• 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
• Tom was alert to current events and could relate his own life's challenges to the stressors of today.
  — courant.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• 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
• In 2017, Faber was diagnosed with acute psychosis with a marked stressor, and left her city job.
  — Heidi Groover, The Seattle Times, 1 Oct. 2018
• 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
• Students learn to understand the stressors that can lead to intense anger, as well as how to manage it.
  — Lori Higgins, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2018
• But being weightless in warm, salty water is a great de-stressor.
  — Anna Pulley, RedEye Chicago, 5 Feb. 2018
• 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
• Of course, getting away from other stressors in your life—if only for a few minutes—can help too.
  — Mira Otto, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2018
• Each of them allows your mind to move into a more neutral mindset, taking it away from all the stressors and negative thoughts of the day.
  — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 11 Jan. 2025
• But couples face stressors throughout the lifespan: A transcontinental move, a change of career, an illness or loss, and a looming empty nest can and will be make-or-break moments for couples who have not been investing in their resilience all along.
  — John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 3 Feb 2025