Sentence examples for straining to keep from inspiring English sources

El Paso, the state's largest border city, is straining to keep up.

They have also been straining to keep up with low-fare competition.

That helps explain why, for all the disenchantment, leaders are straining to keep the euro going.

In the meantime, Yahoo's existing system is straining to keep up with the search market.

But as with other once-prosperous towns, Alex City, as it is called, is straining to keep up appearances.

I learned that first as an 18-year-old, straining to keep up with Jerry Liebling's lectures.

Lines grow long as the machines strain to keep up with demand.

She and the boy strained to keep it at the surface.

Gay, looking comfortable, drew away while Bolt strained to keep up and finished second in 9.97.

Even if oil demand and prices increase, large oil companies will strain to keep up production.

His sore jaw, his bruised cheek, his right eye, not swollen shut but pinched so that he had to strain to keep it open.