Linguists mark the primary stress in a word to show which syllable is pronounced most strongly.

Many women experience premenstrual stress that affects their mood and daily activities each month.

I keep an anti-stress ball on my desk to squeeze whenever I feel overwhelmed.

After switching careers she realized that the new challenges were a form of eu-stress that pushed her to grow.

We planned a stress-free weekend to relax and recharge before the busy week.

After a long week, I like to de-stress by taking a walk in the park.

In her phonetics class, she analyzed stress accents across different dialects to identify rhythmic patterns.

In some dialects, the stress accent is realized by increasing vowel duration rather than loudness.

Everyone joked that Sam was a stress puppy, always thriving on last-minute pressure while complaining about it nonstop.

After months of long runs, she was diagnosed with a stress fracture in her shin.