Sentence examples for as it strained from inspiring English sources
And there are suggestions of bronze studs in a collar on a chained dog's neck: did it strangle itself as it strained to escape, its body rolled into a contorted ball?
Clancy steered the Secret Service as it strained under a heavy workload and the lowest number of employees in a decade.
Wiggins was dropped by the peloton as it strained to catch five breakaways and finished 3min 17sec back, his Giro ambitions in tatters.
The power grid was meant for 80 homes; as it strained to meet the needs of 300, the ski lifts would occasionally creak to a halt.
The mortar was removed in 1881 as it strained the ship's structure.
A study in Kenya, for example, showed that for this reason, it became difficult for male CHWs to provide voluntary services as it strained their ability to fulfil their financial responsibilities.
I would add, nobody needs to see "Twelve," as "controversial" or "shocking" (to drop another adjective that has lost its mojo) as it strains to be.
Gives itself a shake as it strains against its bindings and then looks at me again, the expressionless light of its eyes seeming to say, What're you going to do? Nothing, I say.
At times the music seems needlessly awkward as it strains to be both populist and intellectual.
Generally, this first episode is just ponderous, as it strains to convey at least a half-dozen intricately braided plots, each one more heartbreaking than the last.
Dropped calls, spotty service and glacial download speeds are plaguing AT&Ts cellular network as it strains to meet demand and the demands of outraged customers.
