Strains
[stren]
Examples
- A departure was early made in the matter of strengthening the ribs of oak to better meet the strains from the rough seas. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Meanwhile the water strains through the wire cloth, leaving a thin layer of moist interlaced fibre spread in a white sheet over the surface of the belt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The uprising of the star of day was hailed by triumphant strains, while the birds, heard by snatches, filled up the intervals of the music. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mr. Dashwood's strains were more solemn. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- At a low level of civilization, differences in language cause very powerful political strains. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Work or industry offers little to engage the emotions and the imagination; it is a more or less mechanical series of strains. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It strains hope a little too much. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The birds were singing their last strains-- The air was mild, the dew was balm. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But the gropings are there,--vastly confused in the tangled strains of the nation's interests. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The improvement covered the adjustment of the thickness of the metal at the breech of the gun to the varying pressure strains along the bore. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is then annealed with great care to relieve the strains set up in the metal by the forging and next goes to the machine shop to be rough bored and turned. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We were saying, when we spoke of the subject-matter, that we had no need of lamentation and strains of sorrow? Plato. The Republic.
- He had had one of those violent strains of the ankle which leave a man helpless. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the course of their progress, the shields were subjected to the most intense strains and hard usage, as may well be imagined. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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