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Example sentences for: strained

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But the exemption has been strained to breaking point in Flytrap, as black intellectuals struggle to explain why the African-American electorate supports Bill Clinton so much more vigorously than the white one does.
Is the silence a form of shunning Isikoff, a former long-time Post reporter who left the paper under strained circumstances?
Mardi gras ( Renealmia alpinia ) is used to bathe dogs who have strained a limb.
Athens strained to accommodate many of them and a rash of building work saw the erection of the first faceless utilitarian suburbs that now surround the downtown area.
Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's televised overture to the United States earned Issue 2 honors, though this unfamiliar topic strained the pundits' omniscience.