Sentence examples for like a strain from inspiring English sources

To a sceptic, Forrest-Thomson's formalism might sound like a strain of contrarian quietism, conducted without reference to the noisy distractions of history or politics.

This is a country where people usually avoid eye contact or public displays of affection and where many even seem to dread spontaneous conversation with strangers like a strain of the plague.

"We will have to wait for the results of the scan, but it feels to me like a strain," said Wilkinson, who had until todayenjoyed a first injury-free season in eight years.

If something feels like a strain, you're pushing too hard.

In a number of physiological assays focused on different processes regulated by DegU, DegS S76D phosphomimetic mutant behaved like a strain with intermediate levels of DegU phosphorylation, whereas DegS S76A behaved like a strain with lower levels of DegU phophorylation.

236 Since BCP lamellar films can be conformally coated onto non-planar and patterned substrates, these mechanochromic films act like a "strain paint".

Figure 1 shows a schematic illustration of the spherical contact model describing contact between the spherical rigid tip and the elastic body considering the equivalent stiffness in the measurement system, e.g., a cantilever-like structure, a strain gauge force sensor, and etc. in an actual measurement system.

The B strains are rarer and usually arrive later in the season than the A strains, like A(H1N1), but they cause more hospitalizations and deaths.

In one frame he's flexing his pecs like a straining muscleman; in another he's giving a throw-that-away gesture to someone whose rhymes tried and failed to earn points at his expense.

Until then though, depending on Scotland's financial situation, they could end up on the receiving end of equalization and that seems like more of a strain on the system than anything.

Coronaviruses have apparently jumped species before: Dr. Konstantin "Gus" Kousoulas, a professor at Louisiana State University who studies coronaviruses in cattle, published a paper back in 1993 describing a bovine-like coronavirus strain in a child in Germany.