11.   Entombed in its bell tower, barely visible unless someone strained to see it, the bell hung unnoticed for decades.

12.   From the stage, Ms. Ball strained to see the face of her girlfriend from fifth grade in Duluth, now living in New York.

13.   I looked down at third base when the Dodgers took the field again and strained to see Tim Wallach.

14.   I strain to see my face in his.

15.   I still sometimes strain to see.

16.   Kevin Appier, the starting pitcher, strained to see the flag behind a throng of teammates.

17.   On some days, especially in early summer, the fog surrounds you in a soup so thick you strain to see the edge of the roadway.

18.   Often riders strained to see into the brush when one of their sharper-eyed companions caught sight of a grazing antelope or a lolling cheetah.

19.   One strains to see reality because the photographer has made it a challenge.

20.   Rescue workers were already starting to filter down to the waterside with them, and everyone strained to see what they could in the fading daylight.