Injury to a muscle in which the muscle fibers tear as a result of overstretching.
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Examples for "strain"
Examples for "strain"
1Health services always come under extra strain at this time of year.
2Russia recorded several cases of this strain of the virus last year.
3Argentina's health ministry has confirmed one case of the new flu strain.
4Differential exposure to financial strain may explain some differences in population health.
5Aid agencies worry that the huge influx will strain present government resources.
1The club said the fitness of the centre-back Marc Bartra will be a day-to-day decision as he recovers from a muscle pull.
2She saw the rigid line of taut muscles pulling his coat tight.
3The sound of muscles pulling away from bone in wet thick pieces filled the night.
4Instead, he managed to keep his mouth shut while his neck muscles pulled ever tighter.
5His abdominal muscles pulled her to her feet.
6The faces were lighted from below and they were strained faces, with the jaw muscles pulled tight.
7Rabban felt the animal's powerful muscles pulling beneath him, and despite the incline, the horse didn't seem to tire.
8My muscles pulled a bit, probably from being stuck in a window, but a hot shower would relax the kinks.
9Millions of people take the painkillers as pills every day to treat headaches, arthritis, muscle pulls and other aches and pains.
10Didn't take more than a tug and she had her legs around him, her exquisitely honed muscles pulling his hips down to hers.
11His lined hands gripped the railings, and I could see the muscles pulling in his arms as he clenched and then relaxed his fingers.
Translations for muscle pull