Sentence examples for i'm strained from inspiring English sources

It could just be me; I'm hitting my 40s, one of my knees is a little wobbly, and the demands of mid-life domestic duty has left me more than disappointed that I'm strained and out of breath.

"I'm strained, I'm drained," he said, at the halfway mark.

Thinking this over, I realize an e-mail listserv might have spread the news as, or more, efficiently; I'm straining here, I know it.

I know her name, and I'm straining to remember her face other than how I've seen in pictures.

I'm straining to give Figueres the benefit of the doubt--she spoke emotionally to hundreds of young people about the need for bold climate action at the Global Power Shift summit last summer, breaking into tears at one point.

If I'm straining to "make" something happen, if I feel like I have to get something or I will die, there's a good chance it's time to let go of that thing.

Listing the reasons I am strained or what stresses me?

I was straining against an urge to run and hide, which was welling up inside me like a bad meal.

"It was like: 'Come on love, come on love, oargh, oargh.' But everyone decided it sounded more like I was straining on the toilet".

Of course not smoking is doing wonders for my health, and in the long term it will certainly help my fitness but when I was straining in the third kilometre I admit I wobbled: "Why did I bother?

Is that how you think I became an incredible ballerina?" And then I'd cup my hand to my ear and lean in real close like I was straining to hear my friend's response.