Sentence examples similar to strained perspective from inspiring English sources

Time and again this year, we've seen a seemingly inexhaustible reservoir of public outrage tapped, indignation pouring into the streets, with demands for justice and, more often than not, the image of a strained elected official counselling calm in the wake of outcomes that confirm the most cynical perspectives about race in this country.

Hood can be counted on, as usual, for historical perspective: there's a Greatest Generation tribute, "The Sands of Iwo Jima," sung in a strained falsetto, and two songs, "The Buford Stick" and "The Boys from Alabama," that puncture the reputation of the tough-talking Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser.

No more strained pulp!

That seems a strained construction.

Has this strained relations?

This reading is most strained.

She gives a strained laugh.

A strained relationship existed betw.

Parker has a strained hamstring.

He has a strained groin.

Willing if strained service.