Sentence examples for it was a strain from inspiring English sources

In the last winter he came over to paint more frequently, because what he mostly didn't want, at that point, was to have to talk: His disease (Lou Gehrig's) was creeping up on him and it was a strain to talk through its strangulations.

It is the first time that scientists have decoded the genome of an ancient plant pathogen and its plant host from dried leaves and the team found it was a strain that has vanished.

It was a strain.

"It was a strain," Stringer said.

"If it was a strain, I wouldn't do it.

It was a strain to act normally around friends.

"It's a strain.

It's a strain on me.

Torre continued: "It's a strain they're working under.

Each month, it is a strain to pay the bills.

It's a strain when both actresses are so petite, pretty and fit.