• Synonyms: labored, laboured, strained
  Meaning: lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating"
• Synonyms: strained
  Meaning: showing signs of mental and emotional tension; "her voice was strained as she asked the question"

• Heat twenty-six pounds of strained grease.
• "Don't!" muttered Darcy in a strained voice.
• Her loyalty was strained to the breaking point.
• "Yes." Again that strained, almost harsh monosyllable.
• When the dye-stuff is strained, steep the articles in it.
• His voice when strained is unpleasing, and when low is not always heard.
• The dye for slate color should be strained before the goods are put into it.
• Her manner, too, as she came towards him, was, he thought, a little strained.
• Finally, the chest of the doomed soldier began to heave with a strained motion.
• The white-topped wagons strained and stumbled in their exertions like fat sheep.

0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Beatles, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording William II of England, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cold War, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jack Shephard, License CC BY-SA 4.0