Sentence examples for straining to from inspiring English sources

China is straining to manage a slowdown.

He seemed to be straining to connect.

Straining to hear, Mr Prescott bent down.

Rivals are straining to grab Zynga's players.

"You could see him really straining to get something across.

"He's straining to be serious," Tony Travers told me.

The union is straining to maximize pressure on management.

Then they went completely silent, straining to catch every word.

People pushed forward, straining to see who had the microphone.

That, say economists straining to be heard, is stimulus.

They see their favorite band straining to become U2.