1. Several sailors were straining at the rope.

2. Water is straining from the ceiling.

3. He burst to the surface, straining for air.

4. The dogs were straining against the sledge.

5. Bill choked and gasped, straining for air.

6. There is someone straining his ears at the door.

7. His constant complaints were straining our patience.

8. People were straining to see what was going on.

9. Bend gently to the left without straining.

10. He was straining every nerve to impress the judges.

11. She was straining to keep her head above the water.

12. Like all youngsters, he's straining at the leash to leave home.

13. Straining to lift heavy weights can lead to a rise in blood pressure.

14. She stood outside the room, her ears straining to hear what they were saying.

15. She's straining every nerve to get the work finished on time.

16. The volume of scheduled flights is straining the air traffic control system.

17. The sudden influx of visitors is straining hotels in the town to the limit.

18. The dogs were straining at the leash, eager to get to the park.

19. Several men were straining at a rope, trying to move the stalled vehicle.

20. There are 30,000 troops in the area, all straining at the leash.

21. He stood tensed, straining his ears.

22. Is the pain worsened by straining or coughing?

23. His frightened eyes widened, straining to live.

24. Ralph squinted, straining to see the speedometer.

25. The dog barked, straining at his chain.

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26. The cool night air burned in Corbett's straining lungs.

27. The playwright does something remarkable in this scene, but without any impression of straining after an effect.

28. I find his style of writing so artificial - he always seems to be straining for effect.

29. He wanted to win the horse No. 12 by straining his luck.

30. I've put on such a lot of weight recently - this dress is straining at the seams.

1. Several sailors were straining at the rope.

2. There is someone straining his ears at the door.

31. Tak, said the stone against her straining ear.

32. Slowly lean forwards as far as possible without straining.

33. Kemp is straining to maintain a straight face.

34. Such avoidance, whenever possible without straining, would be second nature to an orator of the generation after Isokrates.

35. The joinery had been done perfectly too, so that each straining post and strut appeared to be an integral unit.

36. Quinn stayed awake, straining to identify the muffled sounds from upstairs.

37. Now take hold of your top leg by the ankle and pull back the leg as far as possible without straining.

38. With great discretion, Dyson yawned, straining his muscles to keep his mouth shut at the same time.

39. Without ever straining for effect, Brook's lustrous production affirms the unending richness of theatrical simplicity.

40. Slowly raise your head and shoulders, curving your spine, inch by inch, without straining.

41. Conscious of the straining ears of the rest of the company, Paul Lexington led the little group out into the corridor.

42. He was kissing Claudia, his body straining against hers, his hands cleaving her bottom.

43. Force chilies through a food mill or sieve, straining out seeds and skins.

44. Apple trees were straining beneath the weight of a bumper crop of what looked like Cox's orange pippins.

45. There was a reception committee of three, their figures oddly fore-shortened, the necks straining upwards.

46. Or put some ice cubes in the sieve before straining the soup, Roraback suggests.

47. Straining her eyes, Chesarynth squinted up into the sky outside the neat polished world of the dome.

48. The shuttle stopped, trembling, as if straining at a leash.

49. High blood pressure means the heart is straining to pump blood.

50. But it would be straining credulity too far to expect that everything will be absorbed.

51. The Ship lurched up the hillside, straining at the indignity of restraint.

52. Now the stranger was standing on the quayside, watching several straining seamen carry a large, brass-bound chest down the gangplank.

53. Stretch arms up high, then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining.

54. The flesh of his thighs, straining against the khaki underpants, spilled out over the sides.

55. Fourth seed Lendl retired after straining his left side while trailing 5-4 in the first set.

56. I sat forward on the suitcase(), straining to catch a glimpse of the stage.

57. He - An alien noise stopped her thoughts mid-flow, and she tensed, straining her ears to recapture the sound.

58. Stretch arms up high, then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining. Gently stretch forwards for 25 counts.

59. Not until I began to feel the horses straining up the steep ascent to our house did I open my eyes.

60. The court is able to give adequate protection to solicitors' clients without straining the language of section 69.

61. Instead, they were straining at the bits, and the handler had to restrain them.

62. Take hold of your top leg by the ankle and pull back the leg as far as possible without straining.

63. He stared at the topknot of red-gold curls, straining to remember.

64. But defender Andy Barlow will be sidelined for a month after straining a calf muscle in training.

65. On this page we add a post-script to the Century by straining the readers' credulity still further! 1.

66. Here the daggerboard is straining to stop the board slipping sideways.

67. In flood conditions, however, brimming reservoirs sometimes spill more water than downstream rivers can handle, thus straining the levees.

68. The passengers standing in line, straining to get out, stared enviously when Cantor was asked to deplane first.

69. Raise the arms towards the toes, lifting the head and shoulders off the floor as far as possible without straining.

70. It's like when you increase the tension on a spring: the pressure is straining to be released.

71. He poured an inch of condensed milk into the mug plus four spoons of sugar and stirred the coffee before straining it.

72. Even so, it is straining credulity too far to conclude that the debtor has an arguable case.

73. Could this huge array be supplied without straining to breaking-point the thin lifeline?

74. Daisy had brought her sketch pad, but found it difficult to capture the action and hold on to a straining Ethel.

75. She found she was straining her ears for the musical clang of the town church bells.

76. His face had turned a bluish-yellow and his stomach was swollen, straining against the thin linen shirt.

77. We crowded round the table, straining our ears for the magic sounds, while Robert adjusted the cat's whisker.

78. The straining bearers like a string quartet, taking the burden up in unison, at a nod from their leader?

79. Lying on your tummy with elbows pointing outwards, slowly raise the head and shoulders off the floor without straining.

80. From Payson to Yuma to Sierra Vista, the pace of growth is straining the resources and special character of small towns.

81. The sun has been out for a while after straining hard through moody skies and my skin is warming.

82. He then enclosed it in a transparent box which he provided with a mechanism for straining the specimen in bending.

83. I wore my dark glasses even for these few moments, as my blue eyes were always straining in the brilliant light.

84. This chess game works on all graphics boards and the pieces are drawn well soas to avoid straining the eye.

85. It does not matter what method of straining is chosen if it can determine A1 since the volume is a representative one.

85. try its best to collect and make good sentences.

86. His bladder was full to straining, and there was no catheter-tube in the DeLorean.

87. This first fence would run right over the top of the hill, and needed a straining post at either end.

88. She wrapped herself around him like a clam in formation, her body one big muscle, straining.

89. She was straining against her chain with her lips curled over her teeth and her ears pinned back.

90. This observation could explain why straining is often ineffective in promoting normal defecation even in low spinal patients with intact abdominal musculature.

91. She carries a small but distinct belly, which is straining the red material of the skirt.

92. His ceaseless straining after brilliant epigrams quickly becomes irritating.

93. The rapper was straining for street credibility.

94. The dog was straining at his leash.

95. The dog is straining at its lead.

96. Today we are overpopulated, straining the earth's resources.

97. He's always straining at a gnat.

98. The boy was straining at stool.

99. Her attitude, though perfectly natural for an Eastern woman would, in a European, have been deemed too full of coquettish straining after effect.

100. Hernias can develop at these sites due to heavy straining, aging, injury or following an infection at that site following surgery.

101. Objective To provide morphologic data for acupotomologic therapy of the vertebra occipital muscles straining.

102. Melanie hung onto it as life line, straining , pulling it taut, slackening it, tearing it.

103. He can carry 150 jin on a pole without straining himself.

104. The Yukon was straining to break loose the ice that bound it down.

105. The utility model uses the semiconductor straining sheet sensor as a force element and adopts liquid crystal to direct display the value of the measuring force.

106. Although unemployment is low, rapid job losses among Japan's army of temporary workers are exposing the unfairness of a two-tier labour market and straining an egalitarian society.

107. This gradual increase will yield the best muscle building results without overly straining your body.

108. The present invention reveals a method for producing straining silicon complementary metal oxide semiconductor transistor.

109. The carts rattle by, swinging from side to side; two Chinamen lollop along under their wooden yokes with the straining vegetable baskets–their pigtails and blue blouses fly out in the wind.

110. Yes, a funny four years. And inside himself he is straining.

111. The dog straining at the leash to be let loose again.

112. A new noise came from the engines a straining, gasping sound.

113. For many young Iranians who are straining under double-digit inflation and social repression, the notion that a gilded and privileged son of royalty would take his own life came as its own shock.

114. The microstructure in shot-peening surface plastic straining layer of several softening and hardening materials are investigated.

115. I think he swore: but I didn't mind him, I was straining to see the bairn,' and she began again to describe it rapturously.

116. If learning and gentility are signs of civilization, perhaps our almost-big brains are straining against their residual atavism, struggling to expand.

117. These fishing boats are straining across no man's lands, where a flooded Grey River met a violent Tasman Sea.

118. Heaven knew, Madame Blanche was straining every nerve to have her again!

119. He's very slow at this work because he's always straining at a gnat.

120. 'I think he swore:I didn't mind him, I was straining to see the bairn, 'she began again to describe it rapturously .

121. Lucy waited , pressed against the wall next to the window, straining to hear.

122. I leaned forward, straining to see through the barrier of light.

123. Uses the thighs to support the colon and prevent straining. Chronic straining on the toilet can cause hernias, diverticulosis, and pelvic organ prolapse.

124. She paused, straining her ears for any telltale sounds of pursuit.

125. two Chinamen lollop along under their wooden yokes with the straining vegetable baskets–their pigtails and blue blouses fly out in the wind.

126. On my first day, with straps straining my shoulder, I felt clumsy in every way.

127. The lawsuit alleges the black mark on Evans' permanent record is "unjustifiably straining her academic reputation and good standing."

128. While straining the brain, you may experience the soul sound necessary for transitioning to an OBE.

129. A new procedure which is called double suction straining coating method for the preparation of gas-liquid chromatographic stationary phase was reported.

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130. The boy disliked school and was straining at the leash to earn his own money.

131. Parthenocissus tricuspidata "feet" like a sucker, like lying in the crevice in tightly, straining lie on the wall, is not easy to wind down, and then extend outward.

132. The first of its kind, this is the self-propelled suitcase that automatically provides power assistance when you encounter inclines or are straining to roll the suitcase.

133. And, with a spirit straining toward true self-esteem, the Negro must boldly throw off the manacles of self-abnegation...

134. Worse, the perception that villagers are straining roads and services is triggering an ugly nativist backlash in many cities.

135. I was straining to bring off a cease - fire in Cambodia before the Congress acted.

136. Straining his eays, he hears the mewl of a distant cat.

137. All of the load is transmitted to the straining sensing tube.

138. It is the lark that sings so out of them , straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps.