Sentence examples for strained me from inspiring English sources

More than fear of what might happen while I was in a city and country and language that were not my own, it was the forced vigilance that strained me.

I cannot afford to make extra payments on the loan as that would strain me financially since i must pay my bills.

My loins into my paunch like levers grind: My buttock like a crupper bears my weight; My feet unguided wander to and fro; In front my skin grows loose and long; behind, By bending it becomes more taut and strait; Crosswise I strain me like a Syrian bow: Whence false and quaint, I know, Must be the fruit of squinting brain and eye; For ill can aim the gun that bends awry.

Instead, the malamutes strained toward me as I approached, greeting me with furious tail-wagging.

His nostrils quivered, his chin strained toward me as he tried to sense what he could.

The only one that seemed a bit strained to me was STERLING SILVERS.

Philip's gutless pleading strains me back into reality.

It strains me to avoid profanity in describing how stupid you sound".

It strains me to avoid profanity in describing how stupid you sound!" And that's fine.

Ibrahim strained to link me to his conspiracies.

"It strained credibility for me to think that someone would hurt us over free music," Ms. Rosen said.