"strain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- "Let me tell you about my star brother," he said, so softly that the others strained toward him slightly to hear.
- Although he continued to smile, Rhodan's voice sounded slightly strained.
- They didn't avoid him exactly, but when in his company their con- versation was always slightly strained.
- His relationship with his brother is slightly strained because they play the same position, but he still admires him to no end.
- However his voice was slightly strained when he spoke: "They have-uh-disappeared since 10 days ago.
- "That doesn't solve the problem of exactly where he is," Becka said, her voice sounding slightly strained.
- Elsewhere in the program, voices sounded slightly strained and were not helped by the church's dry acoustics.
- His grin was slightly strained and anxious and so were his eyes.
- I refocused, straining slightly, and nodded to myself as I slowed.
- Khan became Kenji's mentor after killing his brother, and the two share a slightly strained, but at the same time, trusting, relationship.
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