strain
Example Sentences
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We must fight every day to stay competitive, and these tariffs only add to the financial strain.
Things are looking a little less grim for Americans straining to afford a home, with mortgage rates dipping below 6% for the first time in years.
The only reason the couple didn’t move out sooner, they said, was because of the financial strain of the alleged poisoning.
From Los Angeles Times
But a mystic strain ran through Mother’s extended family.
From Literature
He could easily have made up a muscle strain or tweak.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
