Sentence examples for it was strained from inspiring English sources
It was strained, even hostile at times.
It catalogued, in comprehensive detail, "a number of serious failings" in the anti-doping programme, which was so under‑resourced, badly designed and poorly administered that it was strained "close to the breaking point" and would have "almost certainly collapsed" if it had not been for the "initiative, tenacity and professionalism" of the men and women working on the ground during the Games.
It was straining their relationship.
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.
It's strained my marriage to the brink of divorce.
For the Elizabethan sketch, the notion that the eminent Burbage family unit wrangled among themselves is good but stretched until it's strained.
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.
