Strain
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As she uncovers the mostly gross secrets of her uncle's life and building, she begins to lose her mind under the
strain
, though someone in the background might be after her, as well.
More example sentences with word strain
She took our order, and then went to the couple in the booth next to us, and she lowered her voice so much, I had to really
strain
to hear what she was saying.
So there's a very sharp decline in liberal ideas in the Muslim world, and what you see is more of a defensive, rigid, reactionary strain, which led to Arab socialism, Arab nationalism and ultimately to the Islamist ideology.
In the best of times it puts
strain
on our resources.
I gave her medications to relieve the
strain
on her heart.
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