Example Sentences

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But maybe that’s just a story I am straining to tell to make sense of disparate comments.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022

I’m a puppy in training, but when I am straining I just like to do things in Style.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2018

Now, five years later, I'm called a beatnik�what I really am is a "stupnik" and am straining in night school to catch up on fundamentals.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am straining, tasting that echo a second longer.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

I am straining and sweating by the time I get to a likely plot of dew-covered grass.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black