Sentence examples for it was straining from inspiring English sources
In Krispy's case an indication that it was straining to deliver its growth story came three years ago in its use of synthetic leases to finance expansion.
Spare Rib was not pure radicalism; like much else in that year of contradictions it was straining to be radical but also looking back at conventionality.
On the second set of the group's first night at the Blue Note, on Tuesday, it was straining against that commitment.
"Being a senior, she was trying to take on too many tasks at one time on the court, and it was straining her mentally," her mother, Aja Ellington, said in a telephone interview from her home in the Bronx.
He made a sliding catch in foul territory to retire ED SPRAGUE for the first out in the Padres' ninth.... STAN SPENCER, a Padres right-hander who abandoned the popular slide-step delivery because it was straining his shoulder, allowed 10 steals to Florida in his last start, but won...
Digg was originally built on the tried-and-true LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) of open-source technologies, but it was straining under the load of Digg's traffic.
It was strained, even hostile at times.
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.
It is the second trial in Italy involving Americans, and it is straining relations between the countries.
China now says it has a problem there with Islamic fundamentalists and terrorists, and it is straining to link them to Al Qaeda.
