Sentence examples for seems strained from inspiring English sources

The struggle comes through, and the pathos seems strained.

And she improvises as herself (after all, an interview is a performance), but never seems strained in the role.

But often the connection to the book's stated subject -- how quarterly earnings became an unthinking and inescapable benchmark -- seems strained.

Some of the other characterisations are much less subtle: the opening ensemble scenes have a comic tone that seems strained.

Its principal merits lay in the avoidance of any reliance on causal concepts and in the ability to give an account of explanation in areas of theoretical science in which talk of causation seems strained.

The book's struggle for causality seems strained at times; for example, when Harrison insists on finding a connection between her obsession with nursing her children and her mother's rejection.

Almost every line seems straining for a laugh so that, in the title song, we are inexplicably told "come get your cat spayed in Dagenham".

Maybe her empathy seemed strained.

But some marriages seem strained.

Already, relations between the two seem strained.

Out of context, that passage may seem strained.