Sentence examples for he strains from inspiring English sources

He strains for the name.

There's something unpretentious about the way he strains for grandeur.

He strains for effect: he overstates, he generalises.

Big bird flies over, and he strains his neck to see it out the bus window.

When he strains for gravitas — or, maybe, for Springsteenishness — the results can be ludicrous.

He strains so hard to be everyman, he forgets to be himself.

Nss1/ Idd5-he strain (n = 4) had an increased SRI compared with the control strain, although not statistically significantly so.

In the courtroom, he strained to hear.

He strained his left calf Monday.

Instead, by most European accounts, he strained them even more.

He strained until his head swelled from friction.