用strained造句子，“strained”造句

He strained and raised the barbell of 205 kilograms.

That is what my old friend said with a strained voice.

If the pain is severe, you may have strained this area enough to cause a stress fracture in the tibia.

Mr Kan himself is keen to improve strained relations with Japan’s once-oppressed neighbours, especially South Korea and China.

Mr. Glum was confounded with lust for a moment. He could not take his eyes from where Vanity's bosom strained against her starched white shirt.

The nine archive boxes of lost correspondence include letters that reveal the exasperation and strained relationships at the heart of one of the greatest discoveries of modern science.

He was convinced that the helicopters were American. "I began to wonder if the Americans were invading us," he says, recalling the recent history of strained relations between the two countries.

The supply of oil has been strained.

The relations between the two countries are strained.

Whether investors have overreacted to strained finances of some European countries remains an open question.

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

This linear, narrow, highly strained belt is a ductile shear zone. The rocks within this zone have been suffered intense deformation which is accomplished entirely by ductile flow.

Last year, he strained his shoulder midway through the season and missed nearly two months, so no one can be sure what pitch, or what inning, will be one too many.

The relations between them are rather strained.

"Good-night, Alexandra," she called back in a strained voice, running down the gravel walk.

His resignation was the result, some concluded, of strained relations with the Hamilton family after the opening Australian Grand Prix.

You've strained a muscle that gives some support to the arch of your foot (the muscle runs from the shin bone around the ankle and attaches behind the ball of the foot). You probably have flat feet.

Enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones.

Moth kept the smile on her face, but the clockmaker could see it was strained, and her arms moved stiffly.

Population growth in Africa has long been a source of concern, as food and fresh water supplies are strained, but Kent argues that Africa's plentiful young may actually be viewed as its strength.

You throw the party and she puts on a strained smile.

He strained his muscle in the match.

The other was a later painting of Adele, pale and strained, standing in a big hat with her arms loose amid fauve colours of red, mauve and green.

He strained his ears to catch the sound.

Analysts and U.S. officials say American pressure on Pakistan over counterterrorism policy has strained the relationship between that country's government and its military.