Collocations for "stress"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stress" in context.
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stress
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [work, job, family, career] stress
- [work]- [based, related, induced] stress
- [overwhelming, overbearing, crippling, chronic] stress
- a [lot, great deal] of stress
- a [large, huge, massive] amount of stress
- [overwhelming] levels of stress
- couldn't [bare, stand, handle] the stress (any longer)
- is under a lot of stress
- is suffering from chronic stress
- the stress of [having, balancing] a job and family
- the stresses of [life, two jobs]
- put too much stress on
- the [wing, branch, part] snapped from the stress
- the [load, bar, shelf] buckled under the stress
- place a stress on the [need, importance, role]
- [a bout, an attack, a period, a wave] of stress
- the stress [goes, is] on the [second, last] syllable
- the stress of [a word, an accent]
- the [degree, distribution, measurement] of stress
- a stress [test, disorder, fracture]
- stress [response, levels, symptoms]
- stress [therapy, therapists, relief]
- stress the [second] syllable
- would like to stress the [importance, necessity] of
- cannot stress [this, it] enough
- is stressing over [how, what, where, when] to
- don't stress
- this [conversation, class, project] is stressing me out
- stress the [beam, steel]
- stressed by the [weight, force] of
'stress' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
act
- alloy
- anchor
- anxiety
- attribute
- beneath
- break
- burden
- cope
- crackers
- crease
- escape
- faint
- fatigue
- flutter
- forehead
- free
- gain
- guide
- happily
- however
- illness
- lower
- mark
- marked
- modern
- overload
- overwhelm
- pace
- parent
- phrasal
- problem
- recover
- reduce
- release
- relieve
- resource
- restless
- seizure
- soothe
- specific
- test
- testing
- trigger
- unbearable
- under
- undermine
- undue
- unduly
- unnecessary