Sentence examples for a strained voice from inspiring English sources

Unprompted, he said, in a strained voice, "Why did he do it?

Zimmermann, in a strained voice, said that if such regulations came to pass, "I wouldn't allow it.

"I've been a Colt for almost all of my adult life," Manning, who turns 36 this month, said in a strained voice.

Benedict's remarks, delivered in a strained voice, came at the end of his homily in a Mass in which he emphasized the need for "obedience to God".

How can you say it's my fault?" In a strained voice, the driver tries to explain, but no one pays any attention.

"Mr. Interlocutor, what is the difference between an elephant passing wind and a place where you might go for a drink?" "I don't think you understand," Mother said, in a strained voice.

"Hurts," she said, in a high, strained voice.

Roddy talked about the Bomb in a hushed, strained voice.

"I started to worry I might run out of gas and be frozen," Ms. Theroux, 23, recalled on Wednesday in a tired, strained voice.

Before even being asked the question directly, Gates, in a quiet, strained voice, told Downing that it was true — he said about 10 years ago, he had "another relationship". In other words, he had had an extramarital affair.

While such questions are appropriate, scholars often speak with a more strained voice to broader audiences.