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Meanings of terrible strain in English

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Usage of terrible strain in English
1
It is a terrible strain, this continual anxiety hanging over our heads.
Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland
2
These are institutions under terrible strain, striving to adapt to new demands.
The Guardian
3
At once the terrible strain of suspense tugged at their souls.
The Riverman
4
Even Carthoris of Helium began to feel the terrible strain upon his nerves.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
5
The weight of affairs all day long is a terrible strain.
The Devil's Paw
6
The commissioners, certainly, could not stand this terrible strain much longer.
The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873
7
The terrible strain had been too much for the young man's weak condition.
The Mystery of Monastery Farm
8
Above all, there could not be that terrible strain of waiting-waiting
"Contemptible", by "Casualty"
9
It was not, therefore, a failure, but its continuance involved a terrible strain.
The Abolitionists / Together With Personal Memories Of The Strug...
10
Mrs. Little's nervous system has been for several years under a terrible strain.
Hetty's Strange History
11
She was almost ready to give way under the terrible strain of the Barren.
Isobel : A Romance of the Northern Trail
12
Under some terrible strain of circumstances her courage had been broken, and her hope.
Allison Bain; Or, By a Way She Knew Not
13
Why, it was a terrible strain on all of us.
Mortal Allies
14
I was under a terrible strain in Smolensk, and then at the Bryansk Front.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
15
His poor mind had given out under the terrible strain; shell shock, it was called.
The Greater Love
16
This terrible strain must soon be over for her.
Up the Hill and Over
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