Straining in example sentence

When I go to see a movie about zombie's, I'm not expecting oscar calibre performances, or writing on the level of The Godfather, but I do expect the actors to at least not look like their straining to read their cue cards, and dialogue that doesn't sound like it was typed out 10 minutes before the actor reads it into the camera.

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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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