Their relationship is strained, yes, but the connection is unmistakable.
The trouble is that whenever this is the end of the road for discussion, our connection becomes more strained, our nerves more frayed.
Our connection feels stressful and strained.
But the show, hosted by Michael Feinstein, asked Broadway and cabaret performers, some completely lacking a jazz connection, to affect jazz mannerisms in strained performances that illustrated their ignorance of the tradition they were unintentionally sabotaging.
The drone strikes are a divisive issue in Pakistani politics, and analysts drew a connection between the use of drones and strained relations with Washington.
This too is the texture and infrastructure of the book, though the connections between Arcadia and Basra are at times a little strained, the cable pulled too tight, fraying at the ends.
Bergman achieves some marvellous effects with burnished color, but his connection to these men and women feels tenuous and strained, and too often ends in a painful, frustrating standoff.
I specially liked the wry connection between Degas's Little Dancer, in all her strained grace, and one of Antony Gormley's body castings, in this case a graceless tin man.
As the connection between the sensates gets deeper, the couple's bond may become strained as Nomi struggles to keep her sense of self.
But state courts, which often have intimate connections with trial lawyers, have peremptorily ruled such reforms unconstitutional, usually employing the most strained and flimsy reasoning.
