Thomas Jocelyn's prolonged strain had brought a sudden end to his sighing death.

"The computer-" She was too young for her duties; too vulner- able to the prolonged strain Punisher had endured.

Reduce sudden or prolonged strains.

I have lost too much of late for my physical good, and then the prolonged strain of Lucy's illness and its horrible phases is telling on me.

His face had the colour and texture of prolonged strain.

It was easy to discern that the prolonged strain of overseeing T'Prynn's care-regardless of any progress or lack thereof-was beginning to take its toll on the young doctor.

"Signs of the prolonged strain had begun to appear," one regimental history explained.

Once Baldwin's decision was made, the right-wing plot collapsed as suddenly as it had grown up and, as always after prolonged but successful mental strain, he felt free.

After a while the prolonged strain began to tell so much on her that it was decided that she should take now and again exercise out of doors.

Those whose guilt was the lightest should, I decided, pass out first, and not suffer the prolonged mental strain and fear that the more cold-blooded offenders were to suffer.