Sentence examples for feels strained from inspiring English sources

Wolffe's narrative of tension and ineptitude sometimes feels strained, perhaps because we know Obama won handily in the end.

It's not that the idea of translating 16th-century students into 21st-century frat house alumni, searching for a purpose in life, feels strained.

But the attempt to link the songs to the life feels strained, there is little of the ecstasy that drives Sunny Afternoon about Ray Davies and the Kinks.

It's also a matter of those three actresses playing the same character at different ages, a device that usually feels strained in theater, but here comes off as naturally as breathing.

And though Mr. Brandon never gets treacly, there's still something about the application of his gritty gifts to the sweet hereafter that feels strained — like Steve Buscemi playing a guardian angel.

An appetizer plate of Japanese-style raw and cured salmon feels strained, as though Mr. Waltuck, taking a look outside his front door, noticed a lot of Asian food out there and decided to get with it.

The climaxes feel strained.

Here, though, the links feel strained and forced.

By contrast, "Midnight Sun" felt strained, maybe because it's too florid, lyrically and musically.

Banks might feel strained if they have to make even 20percentt of the loans they have promised.

No wonder the film felt strained – it had an agenda as fraught as the AGM of a failing company.