Sentence examples for strained against from inspiring English sources

She also sounded strained against López's orchestra.

Decorative bunting flapped and strained against the railings.

Young, lithe women strained against a velvet rope.

The driver strained against his homemade seat belt.

Munch's first successful works were interiors and portraits that strained against the genteel conventions of naturalism.

Every time Mr. Gamrod strained against him, Jurgen used that energy to his own advantage.

Michael Nava's mysteries strain against these expectations.

Again, that eternal perhaps, straining against certainty.

"There it goes," he said, his hands straining against the stick.

For Dolce & Gabbana, the impulse toward excess is always straining against the boundaries of good tailoring.

For a minute or more, there is little movement as the combatants strain against each other.