Sentence examples for it is straining from inspiring English sources

An operetta with a western theme, the film is at its most awkward when it is straining to be cinematic, by staging the action on a back-lot ranchero; it recovers its fluidity in the final two reels — presented here in well-preserved red-and-green Technicolor — which take place on a highly stylized interior set representing a gambling ship.

Occasionally it looks as if it is straining for maturity.

It is the second trial in Italy involving Americans, and it is straining relations between the countries.

As the worst drought in decades continues to afflict the Midwest and the Great Plains, it is straining a precious commodity far beneath the earth's surface: groundwater.

China now says it has a problem there with Islamic fundamentalists and terrorists, and it is straining to link them to Al Qaeda.

The junta has appointed soldiers with no governing experience to top posts in the finance and other important ministries, and it is straining to pay salaries.

But transportation experts say it is strained to its limits.

Your sympathy for the incarcerated does you credit, even if it is strained by those who've committed particularly heinous acts.

After the mixture cools it is strained and then returned to the heat.

Since it starts to set, it needs to be poured in as soon as it is strained.

But in contrast to some of their earlier work, the genre-blending never feels self-conscious, as if it's straining to impress you with its eclecticism.