strained造句

He strained his muscle in the match.

The supply of oil has been strained.

The relations between them are rather strained.

Enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones.

The relations between the two countries are strained.

He strained and raised the barbell of 205 kilograms.

He strained his ears to catch the sound.

"Good-night, Alexandra," she called back in a strained voice, running down the gravel walk.

That is what my old friend said with a strained voice.

Whether investors have overreacted to strained finances of some European countries remains an open question.

You throw the party and she puts on a strained smile.

If the pain is severe, you may have strained this area enough to cause a stress fracture in the tibia.

Moth kept the smile on her face, but the clockmaker could see it was strained, and her arms moved stiffly.

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

Mr Kan himself is keen to improve strained relations with Japan’s once-oppressed neighbours, especially South Korea and China.

His resignation was the result, some concluded, of strained relations with the Hamilton family after the opening Australian Grand Prix.

Analysts and U.S. officials say American pressure on Pakistan over counterterrorism policy has strained the relationship between that country's government and its military.

Mr. Glum was confounded with lust for a moment. He could not take his eyes from where Vanity's bosom strained against her starched white shirt.

This linear, narrow, highly strained belt is a ductile shear zone. The rocks within this zone have been suffered intense deformation which is accomplished entirely by ductile flow.

The other was a later painting of Adele, pale and strained, standing in a big hat with her arms loose amid fauve colours of red, mauve and green.

The nine archive boxes of lost correspondence include letters that reveal the exasperation and strained relationships at the heart of one of the greatest discoveries of modern science.

You've strained a muscle that gives some support to the arch of your foot (the muscle runs from the shin bone around the ankle and attaches behind the ball of the foot). You probably have flat feet.

Last year, he strained his shoulder midway through the season and missed nearly two months, so no one can be sure what pitch, or what inning, will be one too many.

He was convinced that the helicopters were American. "I began to wonder if the Americans were invading us," he says, recalling the recent history of strained relations between the two countries.

Population growth in Africa has long been a source of concern, as food and fresh water supplies are strained, but Kent argues that Africa's plentiful young may actually be viewed as its strength.