The muscles of the daughter's arms strained with the weight.

The bronze man's muscles strained as he brought it into the center of the room.

He tried again, harder, and his muscles strained, but it was like trying to lift the Earth.

She could almost see the muscles straining for the lunge.

My muscles strained forward in unwilling sympathy with the effort.

She took a quick step toward him, then stopped, every muscle in her body strained taut.

At the full reach of his right arm the muscles strained and tired swiftly.

The muscles strained in the hand that held him back from a deadly plunge.

Too much muscle, straining the rest of the system.

As slowly as she was moving, each muscle strained against itself.