“strained”可以造什么句，strained造句

The supply of oil has been strained.

Enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones.

He strained and raised the barbell of 205 kilograms.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

He strained his muscle in the match.

The relations between the two countries are strained.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

He strained his ears to catch the sound.

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

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.

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

The relations between them are rather strained.

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.