1.   A Rumpler, straining to make height, saw him coming, turned panicking away and hit a tree.

2.   Hanson was an implacable conservative, and this hokey, bombastic symphony shamelessly strains to make the Big Utterance.

3.   Proponents strain to make the language carry their disparate views, using the same words to describe different things.

4.   Results showed that even McGwire would have to strain to make the upper deck anywhere near left-center.

5.   The Teamsters strained to make sure that full-timers and part-timers backed the walkout, and each other.

6.   Throughout the summer, I assembled a final selection of items while straining to make my numbers work.

7.   We strained to make this offer.

8.   Two quick bowlers will be straining to make an impression on Wednesday as well.