We have no meanings for "too strained" in our records yet.
1 She was too strained to even try to think of a response.
2 Her eyes were just too wide, though, her smile too strained .
3 The soul-yearning of a girl like Antoinette Nowak was a little too strained for him.
4 This was very well, but the mood was too strained and exalted to be depended upon.
5 She has always been too strained , too excitable.
6 His eyes are too tired, too strained .
7 It was not a moment to play on her feelings-theywere too strained to stand any other emotion.
8 It was too strained , too tense.
9 But dealt with it will be, decently or indecently; for the present state of things in England is too strained and mischievous to last.
10 "Up yet, Ray?" came Longstreth's clear voice, too strained , too eager to be natural.
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