Sentences with 'strained'
Example sentences and phrases with the word strained and other words derived from it.
• « Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) was a German monk who had a difficult childhood and a strained relationship with his father. »
• « -They were pointing at her and laughing," he told his mother, his voice strained with anger. Then one of the boys yelled, "There's the girl who can't smile! Come on, smile!" Chelsey tried, Mom, but they kept teasing her. »
• « In winter, when the sun set early, oil lamps were used to light the factory floor, and employees strained their eyes to see their work and coughed as the rooms filled with smoke from the lamps. »