Sentence examples for he was strained from inspiring English sources

Mr. Yang countered that he was strained by the soaring cotton prices.

He was straining plausibility -- and he wasn't writing a novel, he was living a life.

He was straining, using the argument offered by the most conservative proponents of the restriction.

The following year, he was straining his sinews again in the sequel Demetrius And The Gladiators and in The Egyptian.

Mr. Hoppus's casual-sounding voice has always been part of the appeal, but on Tuesday night he often missed the notes he was straining for.

At one point he was simply shouting; at others he was straining desperately to find words to do justice to the match.

Listening to the president, you couldn't help but wonder if he was straining to keep a polarized, fearful country from losing its cool.

By giving Floyd a chance to check out female urine, which contains important reproductive cues, it might have helped satisfy some of his curiosity about the females that he was straining to see, Garner said.

Neuhaus got to punch above its weight because of Paul, and one often felt he was straining at the leash to try and win deals like SoundCloud, which he'll quite happily tell you he didn't get!

It could also be blood from your baby's rectum, if he was straining to poop.

Moments later, he was straining to justify American warfare: past, present, future.