Strained
in example sentence
“The quality of mercy is not
strained
” – that is, con
strained
, or obligatory – she tells Shylock, but rather something that falls freely, like rain.
More example sentences with word strained
Brotherly tempers started to get
strained.
So we
strained
it from the edges, and we held it by cables.
At some point, in one of our
strained
conversations, my dad mentioned the Stonewall riots.
At the Phi Phi Hill Resort, I was tucked into the corner furthest away from the television, but I
strained
to listen for information.
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