The strain seemed to have got to the aged suspects.

Cunningham smiled and, all at once, the strain seemed to have left his face.

By 1971, several strains seem to have come together in Davis's mind.

The heart-appealing strains of the music seemed to reach her, as from a distant land.

I had scarcely got into bed when a strain of music seemed to break forth in the air just below the window.

The strain of waiting seemed to grow without limit.

Each strain seemed to be pleading its own special cause.

Even in the silence, the strains of the cello seemed to linger.

The strain seems to have hit young children hard.

The strain of waiting seemed to squeeze sweat from War- den's heart.