Sentence examples for least strained from inspiring English sources

The least strained of her performances was a thoughtful rendition of the Eagles' "Desperado," which she said described her relationship with an old acquaintance.

It said something that the least strained tale featured Jane Horrocks as the owner of a gift boutique falling for a toilet cleaner from Kurdistan.

The least strained paired configurations strongly favored the delocalized π electronic states.

In fact, the Clapton cluster is part of a growing problem afflicting the capital's black community: a ready availability of guns, and a growing zest for using them.Relations between black people and the Metropolitan police are, to say the least, strained.

For a time yesterday afternoon, it seemed as if everyone in central New York had shaken hands or posed for a picture with former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, or at least strained for a glimpse of them, at the State Fair in Syracuse.

The Giants haven't said more than Bennett has at least a strained medial collateral ligament.

But Barcelona has wounds of its own, not the least a strained hamstring for Messi and a damaged knee ligament for defender Javier Mascherano.

Since the global financial meltdown, relations between the chancellery and President Barack Obama have become strained, not least because the United States openly criticized Germany for not doing enough to stem the crisis.

For the show, each of the three comedians did a set of about a half- hour, and interestingly, the outright political jokes sprinkled through the evening -- which was, for the most part but not entirely, free of vulgarity -- provided the most strained and least rewarding humor.

Pau Gasol out at least a week with strained right groin.

The relationship between both clubs had become strained, not least because of Chelsea's financial advantage; the club was owned by billionaire Roman Abramovich.