strains
- present tense form of strain (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The darker strains in his comedies have been drawn out by directors eager to show there’s more to the playwright than his drawing room panache.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
They bred four strains of mice with different levels of susceptibility to liver cancer.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
They examined changes in gene activity and studied untreated mice to compare the rates of spontaneous tumor formation among the four strains.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
The success brought strains, with Golding and Hall leaving to form Fun Boy Three with other band member Neville Staple.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The skeletal system to which all those muscles are attached also undergoes tremendous strains and stresses.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
