straining

Speech parts

1. straining - Noun

2. straining - Verb

4. straining - Adjective Satellite

of Strain

a. & n. from Strain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

strain torture distortion twisting strenuous arduous overrefinement press damage effort screen labor trying stress extend

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easing relaxing effortless No Pressure beating the wind beating a dead horse

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travail effort sweat misrepresentation falsification exertion

Gantrisin

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do. Stephen Spender

I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me. Elia Kazan

Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living. Jonathan Safran Foer

One dog yelping at nothing will set ten thousand straining at their collars. Japanese Proverb

You stored your milk in a straining metal... And now you are complaining about bad luck? Afghan Proverb

You stored your milk in a straining metal.. Afghan Proverb