Sentence examples for strained on from inspiring English sources

Labor leaders strained on Wednesday to find shards of encouragement in the election results from Wisconsin.

His neck is grotesquely strained on the left, and his lower lip is drawn sharply down and sideways.

She strained on perfect tiptoe, like a zhaaganaash ballerina, on the flimsy branch that had fallen across the square I'd carved in the path.

The four men — bespectacled and so hard of hearing that they strained on Wednesday to hear a federal judge at their initial court appearances in Gainesville, Ga.

While issuing a throaty rumble from a low-tone hot-rod muffler, the Fairlane's 260-cubic-inch V-8 nevertheless sounded strained on gentle inclines.

That combination grows more strained on "To the Five Boroughs," especially because it now comes with a strong supplement of nostalgia.

Strain on your body and massive exhaustion.

Never strain on the commode.

There was a considerable strain on one at this time.

Moreover, perhaps as a result of yearning for post-teen seriousness, or because of a reportedly strained on-set relationship with the director, DiCaprio rarely smiles, which is a pity, because that is when his full leonine beauty and charisma burst out of the screen.

"That puts a little strain on us.