strain
verb (used with object)
to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full.
strainingly
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a word derived from
strain.
Example Sentences
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In the distance a moving object attracted his attention, and as he gazed at it, long and strainingly, the terrible smile once more wreathed his white lips.
From The Redemption of David Corson by Charles Frederic Goss
And then the bird rose, slowly, strainingly, with her vast pinions winnowing the air with deep "how-hows!"
From The Way of the Wild by Harry Rountree
Very naturally the girl was strainingly eager to relieve the anxiety of her parents—to let them know she was safe again.
From The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained by Laura Lee Hope
I sat fascinated, my eyes fixed strainingly on the face of the lawyer, while he continued to speak, calmly, nonchalantly, as though that of which he spoke were of every-day occurrence.
From Lucile Triumphant by Elizabeth M. Duffield
His mind, fixed strainingly upon this one, all-engrossing object, lost its balance, and he could no longer reason upon his own course, or see its futility, or devise a better.
From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie
