For the beauty of knowledge men had strained and died.

The man on the low side of the ship was straining.

The old man strained his ears, but he could hear nothing.

The men at the entrance strained to hear and see everything.

Now the men are straining to get back that they may spend their money.

The three men strained their eyes into the darkness above.

He looked like a man straining to catch some small sound.

He made a sound like a man straining on the toilet.

The two men strained under the effort of carrying the device.

My business was great, and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy.