Sentence examples similar to strain oneself in from inspiring English sources
'What is masculinity if not taking the weight / of a boy and straining it from oneself?" In "Strongman", Andrew McMillan takes his young nephew's playful request to "benchpress him" like "his mother's new lover can" as an imaginative springboard to some urgent personal and social concerns.
In 2015, a severe strain appeared in Cambodia.
That strain subsided in March.
She would strain them in a hand-cranked mill.
Earlier this year, scientists discovered a "superbug" strain of gonorrhea -- the H041 strain -- in Japan that is resistant to cephalosporins.
Strain noodles in a strainer.
Competition between yeast strains in colonies grown in temporally-fluctuating environments.
For the first time in 14 years together, we experienced serious strain in our relationship.
Their eyes and the tension in their tendons, especially through the neck and the strain in their smile betray them.
You see strain in his gestures.
