"strain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Gwion moved on along the ridge, still straining his eyes towards the north.
- Evening came, and the boys strained their eyes towards the rear gate of the mint but saw nothing suspicious.
- His Eye is now straining towards us, blind almost to all else that is moving.
- She'd heard nothing for a while, though she strained towards the window and bit her nails.
- She strained towards him, wanting more than he offered, but shy about how to proceed.
- He tried to rise, one clenched fist straining towards the building.
- In her arms, the child was straining towards him.
- Randolph asked, straining his eyes towards the distant shadows beneath the trees.
- The goat strained to the end of its picket line, towards the carrot.
- He said no to that, already light with relief and straining back anxiously towards his duty.
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