Synonym: agonistic, constrained, forced, labored, laboured. Similar words: unrestrained, grained, strain, straitened, trainer, constrain, constraint, train. Meaning: [streɪnd] 
adj. 1. lacking natural ease 2. under great stress 3. lacking spontaneity; not natural 4. struggling for effect.
adj. 1. lacking natural ease 2. under great stress 3. lacking spontaneity; not natural 4. struggling for effect. 
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91) Spectators strained against the barriers to get a closer look.
92) A short-sleeved blue Arrow shirt strained to contain a chest as vast as the Sahara.
93) At least the Clippers welcomed back Richardson, who missed two games with a strained right calf.
94) The gap between results and intentions strained his soul, stimulating wonderment.
95) He gave evidence in a low, strained voice, often scratching vivid red scars on his face, chin and neck.
96) The poor little things look white and strained and old.
97) The man's pale blue eyes peered into the fog and his ears strained to catch the sound of approaching footsteps.
98) Even Lancaster found his patience strained when Douglas told him how to play his part.
99) For perhaps half a minute we strained to identify the source of the engine noise.
100) Boiled lard in a pan of water, cooled, strained and mixed with oil of lavender was used.
101) The President was not receptive to this advice, and relations between him and the Speaker became strained from here on in.
102) The popularity of the drugs has strained federal funding, budgeted at $ 167 million this year.
103) It is good to manipulate a strained back but bad to manipulate the market.
104) The fence is then strained fairly tight and is ready to load, the block and tackle being left in place.
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105) Suspended in midair, it pulsed and roiled as birds strained for position in the pack.
106) She was already twenty-one and their self-imposed tests of constraint were severely strained.
107) Unlike the strained relationship between Caruso and Franz, he and Smits have become great friends.
108) Heat guard Eddie Jones left in the first quarter with a strained left hamstring and didn't return.
109) More solemn shadows flared as he lit his pipe, the sound of the drawing air strained and high.
110) Bett has problems with a painful toe, and McClair strained a hamstring during a training session on Sunday.
111) Try as she might,(sentencedict.com) her working relationship with Stephanie Marsa was strained to say the least.
112) Sometimes he strained his head up towards the ceiling and his mouth moved as if he were trying to shout orders.
113) She strained her eyes, searching, but today she could not persuade herself that there were any seals out there.
114) The greater the stress reaction, the more likely it is that your body will be strained.
115) His attitudes and actions have further strained an already difficult relationship.
116) Middle linebacker Robert Jones missed the final three games with a strained abdominal muscle.
117) The media strained against the yellow stanchion that kept them corralled toward the back.
118) The huge beast strained at the great iron chain clasped to the collar round its neck.
119) Karros is recovering from a strained hamstring and has yet to play in an exhibition game.
120) At the same time, overcrowding aggravates strained relations, Freeman said.