I don't want any of us strained beyond our limits.

My close women friends, like me, were all straining beyond our backgrounds.

The Enterprise was strained almost beyond her capacity, and they weren't done yet.

Crucial relationships in making a movie may have been strained beyond repair.

His mind strained beyond reason, Rubin tried to will the plane in the air rather than fly it.

And when the mind is strained beyond a breaking point, then strange things can happen.

Here all was quiet, and we watched, straining our ears for something beyond silence.

The Bishop's plan to increase density will strain them beyond limits.

Public education is strained beyond its capacity to help.

The senses are such uncertain things, and now mine were strained beyond their limits.