stressful time

collocation in English

meaningsofstressfulandtime

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stressful
adjective
uk
/ˈstres.fəl/us
/ˈstres.fəl/
making you feel worried ...
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time
noun
uk
/taɪm/us
/taɪm/
the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years, etc., or this process considered as ...
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(Definition ofstressfulandtimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A significant proportion of the sample interviewed said that it had been the moststressfultimein their lives.
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Visiting may well be astressfultimefor many people.
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It is a very lonely andstressfultime.
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People are facing bereavement; it is astressfultime.
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For some families, such discussions are an extremely difficult andstressfultime.
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Whatever the purpose of the journey it is, however, essential to ensure that the animals are properly cared for and protected during the potentiallystressfultimeof transport.
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That will be of considerable assistance to widows and widowers as they adjust to their altered financial situation at what can be a moststressfultime.
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When a man is made unemployed it is an enormouslystressfultimefor that person as an individual and for the family at large.
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This is often astressfultime; all the more devastating if it coincides with a long period of unemployment.
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Assessment and statementing is astressfultimefor the family.
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It was really astressfultime.
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People that have issues controlling compulsions to gamble usually have an even harder time resisting when they are having astressfultimein life.
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His governorship was astressfultime.
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Everyone knows that the holidays can be astressfultime, full of last minute shopping and family feuds.
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This would have been a verystressfultime, as they would have to find another way to make money in order to rebuild their properties/crops.
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During astressfultime, a persons attention and emotional state may be affected, which could hinder the ability to focus while processing an image.
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More stressful times would interfere to a greater degree with processing of arousing information, and would lead to feelings of depersonalization and derealization.
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Music and impromptu performances helped ease the stressful times the new family was under.
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In stressful times, social support helps people reduce psychological distress (e.g., anxiety or depression).
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