Straining in example sentence

As the Soviet Union steadily disintegrated, with virtually all of its 15 republics straining at the leash, Yeltsin gained the leadership of the largest – the Russian Federation – which placed him in a tactical alliance with independence campaigners in Ukraine, the Baltic states, and Georgia.

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And it's like your eyes start straining to see themselves.

Another son, Ryan, is keeping up this constant stream of abuse from the kitchen, and the dogs are locked behind the bedroom door and straining.

Egyptians enjoyed goats’ milk cottage cheese, straining the whey with reed mats.

Sometimes she was convinced she heard voices whispering and the contents rattling around inside, as if straining to be free.

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