Sentence examples for looked strained from inspiring English sources

Gerda's face now looked strained, as though she were wearied by the effort of retelling the tale.

But Mr Hariri's wealth and powerful friends, such as France's Jacques Chirac, allowed him a certain independence from Syria.Recently, his ties to Damascus looked strained.

It was too much for Rasmussen, who looked strained and exhausted after a week spent vainly trying to bridge the schisms between the parties.

Crutchlow, who looked strained during his post-practice interviews, said it took him one hour and 15 minutes to reach his motorhome after completing his day's work at the track on Thursday because of attention from both fans and the media.

Mr Blair had looked strained and emotional on Thursday, before he was joined by his wife late that evening.

Underneath their hesitant smiles, both looked strained and uncomfortable.

His face looks strained; his shoulders, narrow and sloped.

The MP, at first stunned, began to look strained.

Attempts to appeal on this scale today can look strained.

Increasingly, Goold's directorial concepts look strained, even incoherent.

Her mentally unstable Mary is riveting: the serene manner gradually revealing hairline cracks, the smile beginning to look strained, a gulp of panic when her husband yells.