While the native, eight-membered ring disulfide (peptide I) is somewhat strained, it is not as strained as the disulfide bond of lipoic acid, yet it is turned over 11-fold faster.
Sudan's relations with the West — especially Britain — are as strained as ever.
Desperately updated versions — a "Seagull" set in the Hamptons or the Gullah Islands of South Carolina — simply registered as strained.
The correlation is as strained as it is personal, but it reflects his belief that, as he put it, "you create your own context".
"If you're out there trying to get campaign funds for a political candidate, that's First Amendment protected," said Michael Ettinger, Robert Blagojevich's lawyer, who described relations between the brothers as strained.
The audience, which reportedly included former mayor David Dinkins – whose relationship with the police department was perhaps as strained in its time as de Blasio's is now – welcomed the mayor with a standing ovation.
Even the haughtiest fashion magazines pay ritual lip service to the allure of "real-sized" women, though such articles in Vogue or Harper's Bazaar usually sound as strained as Herbert von Karajan would introducing a Bavarian oompah band.
Mr. Chen's camera placement often feels too much like a bid to mix things up (as strained as some of the fireworks in the WikiLeaks feature "The Fifth Estate"), and the occasionally goofy soundtrack cues seem to have been bought in bulk.
Those were the words of Theresa May under questioning by senior MPs at the Commons liaison committee, where her answers on social care were extracted as painfully as those on Brexit – the main business of the session – and on which the atmosphere felt almost as strained.
The relationship may not be as strained as it once was, however.
The ruling strikes litigator Cory E. Friedman, a sailor and commentator on the America's Cup legal battle, as strained and possibly vulnerable to being overturned yet again.
