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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31) He had a strained smile on his face.
32) Gil sensed something wrong from her father's strained voice.
33) Their cheerfulness seemed rather strained and artificial.
34) There was a strained atmosphere throughout the meeting.
35) He strained after learning with all his might.
36) He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.
37) His health has been strained with too much wine.
38) Their ears strained for any slight sound.
39) He strained every nerve to snatch victory from defeat.
40) All of us strained at such behaviour.
41) The dispute severely strained relations between the two countries.
42) Relations are rather strained at present.
43) The atmosphere remained somewhat strained all evening.
44) Under heavy stress, the steel frame was strained.
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45) I boiled the potatoes and then strained them.
46) He strained his muscle in the match.
47) Relations between the two countries had become severely strained.
48) He strained his back during a practice session.
49) The dispute has strained relations between the two countries .
50) I strained my ears, listening for any sound in the silence of the cave.
51) He strained to look for a good method to save his patient.
52) Since their argument there had been a strained atmosphere between them.
53) Reaching at the top of the mountain,he strained all his strength.
54) Renewed efforts are being made to improve the strained relations between the two countries.
55) War has left its imprint on the strained faces of these people.
56) The middle button of his uniform jacket was strained over his belly.
57) I strained my ears to catch what they were saying.
58) He sings with the strained discomfort of someone whose voice hasn't quite broken.
59) Her latest version of events strained their credulity still further.
60) It strained credulity to believe that a nuclear war would not lead to the destruction of the planet.