Example Sentences

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After that they were silent, listening strainedly to the growing sounds of approach.

From The Heritage of the Sioux by Bower, B. M.

Gas alert was on all night and we were listening strainedly for soft bursts.

From With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement by Dalton, Hugh Dalton, Baron

At last the peering ones saw the man on the side-walk begin to breathe heavily, strainedly, as if he had just come to the surface from some deep water.

From Last Words by Crane, Stephen

They talked onin this way slowly, strainedly, until they each found that the situation would soon become insupportable.

From Active Service by Crane, Stephen

"I can't believe you don't care for me at all, Miss Berenice," he went on, quite strainedly.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore