"strain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He made a sound like a man straining on the toilet.
- I hope you have not strained him on our account, coming so far.
- Daily life in the ghetto was straining on everyone, but especially the poor.
- He also thought that Wayne's voice sounded strained on the song.
- Bossy strained his back on the first day of training camp last season.
- Pucky took only one man at a time, trying not to strain himself on the great spring.
- He took a deep breath that strained the buttons on his shirt.
- "We really strained her on the way up here."
- "The missile was the final touch to a world straining on its axis."
- The driver strained his eyes against the sun's glare on the windshield.
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