1.   Straining to lift heavy weights can lead to a rise in blood pressure.

2.   And I had to strain to lift it.

3.   All three do their best to elevate Showtime, but you can almost hear them straining to lift up this confused but fitfully funny action-comedy.

4.   On Prospect Place on Sunday, city bulldozers strained to lift blast-strewn I-beams while fire marshals picked through the rubble for clues.

5.   The troublesome left leg shakes as he strains to lift it.