Straining

Examples

• But how if another claw in the shape of me is straining to thwart it? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The straining of the imagination always hinders the regular flowing of the passions and sentiments. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Mrs. Sparsit, from her place at the backgammon board, was constantly straining her eyes to pierce the shadows without. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Mademoiselle is hardly audible in straining through her teeth and lips the words, You are a devil. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Aunt Chloe stood anxiously straining her eyes out into the darkness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Straining his powers of listening to the utmost, he listened for any sound that might denote suspicion or alarm. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I kept straight on, with my cudgel ready in my hand, my ears on the alert, and my eyes straining to see through the mist and the darkness. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I am amateurish if you like: I do _not_ think that all the universe is straining towards the obscure significance of your pictures. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I am not sure, replied Crispin, straining his eyes; we are in the middle of a number of islets. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Everybody was walking about St Peter's and the Vatican on somebody else's cork legs, and straining every visible object through somebody else's sieve. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• And the boy, too,' said the Jew, straining his eyes to catch a glimpse of her face. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• For half an hour I sat with straining ears. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Yet there was a curious heart-straining towards each other. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• To see them straining away! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Juliet, straining her child in a close embrace, fled by another passage. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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