Sentence examples similar to i was strained from inspiring English sources

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.

But as is invariably the case with chamber music in such large spaces, the performance seemed distant; I felt as if I was straining to eavesdrop on an intimate conversation.

So I said, 'OK, go ahead,' and the whole time I was straining at stool".

And I never felt that I was straining credibility telling them we were safe from earthquakes and wild fires.

For me the eye opener was the other skiers who hardly slowed down while I was straining just to find the trail.

But even under the neon strip lights of the Kensington Olympia I was straining to see what my new dog friends, the steam punks and the glamour junkies could possibly gain from being in the same room as each other.

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.

Listing the reasons I am strained or what stresses me?