- present tense form of strain (3rd person singular).
strains
Example Sentences
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The success brought strains, with Golding and Hall leaving to form Fun Boy Three with other band member Neville Staple.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026
A former FDA official later testified to Congress that five different strains of the bacteria had been found at the plant, calling the facility “out of control.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
Vaccines for individual viruses have provided some relief, but new strains pose a constant challenge.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
The album doesn’t skip over the strains of a “love held with lonely hands,” as Beatty puts it in the stately “Phantom.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
The skeletal system to which all those muscles are attached also undergoes tremendous strains and stresses.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
