1. strained - Adjective
2. strained - Verb
4. strained - Adjective Satellite
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryJudges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. Francis Bacon
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. E. M. Forster
What message, years of conflagration, have you: madness or hope? On thin cheeks strained by war and liberation bloody reflections still remain. Alexander Blok
The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument. Henry David Thoreau
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. Frederick Douglass
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. Christopher Paolini