strained
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1. strained - Adjective
2. strained - Verb
4. strained - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
of Strain
Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends.
Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained.
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Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.
Before the civil war, Pottibakia was a normal member of the Comity of Nations. She erected tariff walls, broke treaties, persecuted minorities, obstructed at conferences unless she was convinced there was no danger of a satisfactory solution; then she strained every nerve in the cause of peace.
What message, years of conflagration, have you: madness or hope? On thin cheeks strained by war and liberation bloody reflections still remain.
The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.
Our faith in him was often taxed and strained to the uttermost, but it never failed...we were at times stunned, grieved, and greatly bewildered; but our hearts believed while they ached and bled.
What have you done?' he said, his voice hollow and strained. He stepped back and put his fists to his temples. 'What have you done!' With an effort, Eragon said, 'Made you understand.