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Meanings of mental strain in English

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nerviositat
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(Psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress.

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        Usage of mental strain in English
        1
        The boy had become half-delirious under the mental strain he had undergone.
        The Boy Aviators in Africa; Or, an Aerial Ivory Trail
        2
        The mental strain of perpetually keeping an eye on them was great.
        Across Unknown South America
        3
        If not actually ill, she was obviously under some considerable mental strain.
        The Bat
        4
        The Chevalier has just passed through an extraordinary mental strain, Victor stammered.
        The Grey Cloak
        5
        Both girls were still weak and unfitted to bear long mental strain.
        Etheldreda the Ready: A School Story
        6
        He felt rather than saw that she was under a mental strain.
        Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
        7
        Too often we associate concentration with mental strain, intense effort and difficulty.
        Feminist dot com
        8
        His letters have been short and hurried-written ,evidently ,undergreat mental strain.
        The Governess
        9
        The reply came with startling swiftness, relieving the party from the mental strain.
        The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone
        10
        She looked like a person suffering from some great mental strain.
        A Tale of a Lonely Parish
        11
        I could write what he would say without great mental strain, I think.
        Remarks
        12
        His thin, handsome face was beginning to show the marks of mental strain.
        Red Pottage
        13
        Over the next minute, the mental strain of the activity became more obvious.
        Making rounds with oscar: the extraordinary gift of an ordinary ...
        14
        But the mental strain associated with professional sport cannot be underestimated.
        The Guardian
        15
        Nobody appreciates the amount of mental strain in a parking garage.
        The burglar in the closet
        16
        Gronau believed she was experiencing the same magnitude of mental strain as he.
        The devil in the white city: murder, magic & madness and the fai...
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        Translations for mental strain
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        Mental strain through the time
        Mental strain across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common