Strain

Something of a strain.

Make a strain.

Primary education is free, but related expenses, such as uniforms, books and annual school fees are a financial strain on poor families.

Take your time. Don't strain.

A strain of this bacterium was grown in space.

Think of the strain involved by his prodigious feat.

People do such things under the strain of necessity.

Strain in the German German relationship.

Not while I'm under this strain.

Now don't strain yourself, Will Mossop.

Yet freedom of speech in the West is under strain.

The Russian strain of political messianism is pretty much exhausted.

Be careful, it's heavy. Don't strain anything.

I used it to strain the spaghetti.

Prolonged periods of strain tend to weaken the fabric of institutional cooperation.

This relationship, however, is not always without strain.

It's imperative to take the strain off himself.

Now you can strain him through a sieve.

For example, refugees leaving Sudan can strain the stability of neighboring Chad.

I know about the strain of our different lives, our lives apart.

Yes, the strain of the last few days has affected us all.

I thought his collapse due to a mental strain.

The journey will be a strain. Master Phillipe, sir.

But you did well. He has the Curwen strain.

The strain of preparing for the new opera has excited and confused her.

I'd hate to get a case of eye strain from them gold handles.

This was where I began to crack under the strain.

All together. Heavy. Keep the strain on those check lines.

Griffith concluded that the type II R had been transformed into the lethal III S strain by a transforming principle that was somehow part of the dead III S strain bacteria.

In January 2003, Anastacia decided to have her breasts reduced because of back strain.

One strain of HPAI A(H5N1) is spreading globally after first appearing in Asia.

The large influx of returnees placed enormous strain on the already overburdened health services.

So that's why every year you can catch a slightly different strain of flu.

For example, additional letters may be added to indicate a strain.

It would've been a strain to any ordinary woman, no doubt.

Bring your whole family down. I don't wanna strain my tonsils.

Her heart could not withstand the strain you put upon it.

The smiling young princess showed no sign... of the strain of the week's continuous public appearances.

A man'll say all kinds of things, do all kinds of things under strain, won't he?

Nor does the ECB have reason to be gratified with its strain of quantitative easing.

Rapid rates of population growth place a strain on economic growth and hence on development.

Free of anger and free of fear.

The people of Haiti are under severe strain, notwithstanding efforts to maintain the flow of humanitarian assistance.

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!