Synonyms:
arduous, straining, strenuous
Meaning: taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
strain, straining
Meaning: an intense or violent exertion
Usage examples
We stood straining our ears, but nothing came.
Hiding behind the oak, with straining ear and throbbing heart, she eagerly listened.
Then, with a savage gesture at the two children, she disappeared beyond Miss Terry's straining eyes.
His arm was round her, but it seemed to me that she was straining away from him with her face averted.
But long before he reached the top he was ascending one by one, with straining limbs and laboring breath.
Silent and tearful, he stood upon an ice-bound rock, straining his eyes across the boundless vista of the mysterious territory.
Oh, so proud!" She slipped her hand into his and they sat there quietly, straining to catch the first sounds of the negroes returning.
Instead of fearing it, you ought to be as anxious as the fox hounds straining at their leashes, or the race horses tugging at their reins.
While she was straining at the ribbons trying to break them, Giroflee arrived, and was leading her away when the Prince met them and claimed the Fawn as his.
From there she glided through the bushes and underbrush, trembling and quaking, yet pushing stoutly onward, straining her ears for some note of the brilliant stranger's.