1
We must leave nothing undone-wemust strain every nerve to prevent it.
2
He had to strain every nerve to conceal his natural sensitiveness.
3
I would strain every nerve to help and comfort them.
4
If they are not easily obtainable, he must strain every nerve to attain them.
5
Certainly, we will strain every nerve; and I shall set all my men to work.
6
And we strain every nerve to keep ourselves alive.
7
He was a man to strain every nerve while the faintest ray of hope remained.
8
Ought we not most readily to strain every nerve?
9
You strain every nerve to be punctual, and then they ask you who you are!
10
I should have to clear myself of felony, to strain every nerve and cheat the gallows.
11
But before it came to that, he would try every expedient: he would strain every nerve.
12
Then we must in every way strain every nerve to avoid the imputation of being slaves?
13
It behoves us to strain every nerve to reach our friends before our foes are upon us.
14
These inducements made me strain every nerve to stop my imperfect utterance, but all to no avail.
15
We must move every lever and strain every nerve, to frustrate this scheme, to prevent this spoliation.
16
The labor was more than I could stand; yet I forced myself to strain every nerve and muscle.
