Verbs

Strain Verb 1 2 3, Past and Past Participle Form Tense of Strain V1 V2 V3

strain

Meanings;

Force (a part of one’s body or oneself) to make a strenuous or unusually great effort.(verb)
Pour (a mainly liquid substance) through a porous or perforated device or material in order to separate out any solid matter.(verb)
A force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree.(noun)

Verb(V1)	Past Tense(V2)	Past Participle(V3)
strain	strained	strained

Verb – es(Ves)	Verb – ing(Ving)
strains	straining

Synonyms

tension, tightness, tautness, shear, distension, pressure, demands, burdens, exertions, sound, music,

Example Sentences with strain

Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.

To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living. (Jonathan Safran Foer)

Marriage made more sense when it was indissoluble. It’s the woman trying to cope with the strains of a one-parent family who will suffer most from the relaxation of the divorce laws.

Do not miss your children’s childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family.

No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association.

I’d say that if you had a strained relationship with your mom, for whatever reason, the best thing to do is be open with each other, talk it over, try and work it out somehow as opposed to just putting a wall up and pushing them away.

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