| 单词 | straining |
| 例句 | We stopped, straining to hear the telltale coo of pigeons. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They both listened, sitting like statues, straining to hear. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z When the boat starts moving, we lean against the rail, straining to see the city in the hazy morning. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He could pass with a single movement, a sweep of his arm would send the ball through a crowd of straining bodies to just the right outstretched hands, just the right player. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Our dog was on her hind legs, straining toward the dog run, whimpering. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a difficult trip back, with his belongings slung over his shoulder and the blackened, twisted remains of the automaton straining his arms and back. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I nodded, swallowed, then took a step forward and dropped the backpack into his straining hand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was hard to be frightened of something that was straining to pop out its head like a cartoon. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A little way to his left, Ernie Macmillan was contemplating his hoop so hard that his face had turned pink; it looked as though he was straining to lay a Quaffle-sized egg. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was lonely and eerie, straining your eyes and ears in the dark as you watched for possible enemies. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The great ribbed belly of the zeppelin bulked over the bomb, straining at its cables in the wind, its silver sides running with moisture. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He stood, desperately straining his eyes and ears for information. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Liam moved to lift his head, straining the muscles that lined the strong column of his spine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z No, I’m not, I wanted to tell him, my weak smile straining my lips like they might break. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Out the back door, into the shock of damp heat, straining for a look at the river: resisting the urge to run. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then screaming a mighty scream and swinging two swords over my head, I charged the leaders; I released my bloodthirsty army and my straining war-horse. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Legs straddled wide, eyes straining, he said: “I think...I think—Yes, it’s definitely he. He’s coming this way.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “No!” shouted Karkaroff, straining at the chains that bound him to the chair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Which is why I am spending much of my life today telling the American black man that he’s wasting his time straining to “integrate. ” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She begins upwind of the train and runs alongside its length, straining at the leash until she gets a hit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z They turned back to stare around them, straining into the darkness of the barracks. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Putting his last strength into the effort to remain where he was, he loosed his teeth from Woundwort’s shoulder and dropped his head, like a cart horse straining at a load. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Marigold nodded, and Gloria headed to the door, her muscles straining with the weight of the suitcase. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She could see how hard he was straining to pull the heavy cooler. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z There was silence again, everyone straining to hear in an agony of suspense. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Keep back there, Hagrid!” yelled a wizard near the fence, straining on the chain he was holding. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There were women everywhere, some taking orders over the phone, others mixing oils or straining tinctures. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But he never saw his body break the thread; he saw only the face of Mars Bar, straining, gasping, unbelieving, losing. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The school bus left George at the corner and drove off, its engine straining to pick up speed. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He was straining his ears to hear the voice again, but there was no sound now except for Lockhart telling him he mustn’t expect a treat like this every time he got detention. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He looked, straining his eyes in the gloom. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Pax shook the night’s rain off his back and headed for the road without even stretching his stiff muscles, straining for his boy’s scent. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He stood there, straining his eyes to see her—as if that would help—and straining his memory too, desperate to believe that he was mistaken. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her father raised his voice still higher, straining to be heard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We screw the sledge along amongst great lumps and chunks of ice, immense debris pushed up by the straining of the great plastic sheet of ice against and among the Fire-Hills. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I kept watching, straining to see their faces, but I was shut out by their backs. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z That was what it was like: straining to hear, but with her whole being. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He lifted his hand and opened his eyelids; gazed blank, and with a straining effort, on the sky, and toward the amphitheatre of trees: one saw that all to him was void darkness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He listened, straining against the silence, but all he could hear was the quiet house around him, the occasional tick from the empty downstairs or a rustle of bedding from his mum’s room next door. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z His ears were straining to hear the next words. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The mental effort of speaking to her was already straining—he felt a headache forming like a bulge in his brain. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Francesca, straining to get a look, accidentally let go of the kittens’ leashes, allowing Lewis and Clark to escape. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But Beowulf stood firm, holding the monster in a grip so tight that it almost made his own big fingers crack and the bones poke out of the straining flesh. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm standing next to the truck, straining my eyes to spot one of those green street signs on the corner. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “It was after four, Bigger,” she said, turning and straining her eyes to look at an alarm clock above her head. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The raft began scraping against the sand, straining to reach the waves. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When he heard Mama singing, he slowed his tempo so she could keep up without straining. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we broke free, I saw it was Art dragging me along, his mammoth muscles straining against his shirt. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The entire ship creaks in painful complaint, and the perspiring boards of the hull stretch and contract, straining against the miserable black tar that holds them together. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Granddaddy hummed Vivaldi and puttered nearby with his straining net. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I scoot even further, straining against the seat belt. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Especially early in the day, I would be most alert to the sensations of movement and straining. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One by one the men emerged from the shelter, straining to see. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z A few hours ago, some well-fed butt was straining away on this toilet seat, and now here I am wiping up after it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But he couldn’t help them even if he wanted to, so he scurried on, straining to see over the heads of the two girls at the edge of the crowd. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She came to the tower, held so tightly in the embrace of the house, in the straining grip of the house, and walked slowly past its gray stones, not allowed to touch even the outside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Everything—the people’s heads, the straining dogs, the roofs of the boxcars—was in black silhouette against the sickly light. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z With all the seagulls straining at the strings above... James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He tells me how to lift and push the bags without straining myself and we have the sixteen bags delivered by noon. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He could hear the rain rattling the roof and the sound of the old cottonwood tree straining in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I peered out, straining to see if Mrs. Wheeler’s lights were on. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Frieda came toward us, her brown stockings straining at the knees because she had tucked the toe under to hide a hole in the foot. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched the lymerer who held the two bloodhound dogs on then leashes, and saw the dogs straining more and more as the boar’s lair was approached. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z On the stairs leading to the gallery nearly twenty small boys were clustered, shoulder to shoulder, and the solid ranks undulated with the constant jerking of restless elbows straining under tight woolen jackets. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z At this point, Robin and Ray seemed to forget there were several of us straining for a peek at the baby sharks and they hovered over them for a minute. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z So did Dr. Malone, and so did the poet Keats, whoever he was, and all of them knew you couldn’t get it by straining toward it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They come to the station to see him off, standing on the platform in the cold, his diminished family, straining but failing to see Gogol, who waves at them through the tinted glass. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “That’s okay, Uncle Jimmy,” Charles said, straining to smile and not scream. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Pilar suggests they go to an exhibit at the Frick Museum, so Lourdes wriggles into her Chanel suit, the gold-coin buttons already straining across her middle, and they take the subway to Manhattan. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They kept still, tilting their heads to the wide silence, straining to hear. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One day as I was gripping the bars, my face straining toward the light, a guard came in and told me I had a visitor. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He ran in terror, straining every muscle, pumping his legs, his arms, not daring to look back. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Judith tiptoed across the floor, straining to see herself in the one small dim mirror that hung over a chest. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z "I hope you won," I said, straining to see her clearly, "and I hope he pays off." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Instantly, I sat up, straining to see in the dark. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He picked up the boy, straining to lift him up high enough to get him into the trunk, and dropped him in as gently as possible. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But every part of me, every fiber and every nerve, is straining toward freedom, not just from this cell but from the prison of the city beyond it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z After a while he became aware that he was straining to see the clay by the light of the fire. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I tilt my head forward, straining to see them before they turn the corner. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Pain stabbed through my straining chest as I gaped for air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Still she kept trying, first lifting on the middle of the door, then on one corner, then another, straining every muscle. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I wait, one heartbeat, another, straining my ears for the telltale sounds of the shamblers until my pulse pounds in my ears. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Over and over, hour after hour, the men moved, hauling the ship by the sheer force of straining muscle and gasping breath. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When we went back the young woman, still with the child at her hip, was straining the rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy stopped straining against the ropes when he saw the man approaching. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He plunged deeper; behind him, the straining, grunting Fflewddur did his best to avoid dropping his end of the sling. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Behind her, the skyscrapers of New York waited for us like a crowd held back, straining, ready to pounce. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Or did he simply become a Negro, sweating and straining through the streets of the garment center with all the other Negroes? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Matthew picked up the entire can, turned it upside down and drained the juice violently, his adam’s apple straining and pulsing like a metronome. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Where farmers depended on rains to water their fields, the onset of the rainy season meant that each morning the farmers gazed towards the horizon, sniffing the wind and straining their eyes. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Closer, with the stranger straining his voice, the call was clarified. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She tells him if he keeps on straining his eyes they’ll float together till he has one eye in the middle of his head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The person at the tiller would wipe the spray out of her eyes and hair, glance up at the straining mast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Half in a dream he wandered forward to the riverward side of the tree, where great winding roots grew out into the stream, like gnarled dragonets straining down to drink. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I stood behind the shoe poet and the Polish girl, straining to hear the exchange between Joana and the sailor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He brought his hands next to his ears, thumbs touching the lobes, looking as if he were straining to hear Allah replying. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z My eye muscles are straining to work out the layout of his features. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I can imagine her straining her arms, pushing against the ship as if birthing herself from the bow. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The hallway was a surging river of arms and legs and terrified faces, all pressed together, straining toward the front of the house. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The train groans, straining against the increasing resistance of air brakes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He did not raise his voice, though it was straining with contempt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The dogs milled around, straining at their tethers, snapping and snarling at one another. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Bit by bit, straining my short patience to its utmost limit, the story of Hiram Wallace emerged. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the valley of ashes opened out on both sides of us, and I had a glimpse of Mrs. Wilson straining at the garage pump with panting vitality as we went by. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Standing on his toes and straining upward, he man-aged to pull & small dusty bottle off the high shelf. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Reverend Gershom Bulkeley laid down his linen napkin, pushed back his heavy chair from the table, and expanded his straining waistcoat in a satisfied sigh. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z In the bunched muscles of his back legs and the straining line from his hips to the tips of his fingers, he was splendid. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A knee-trembler is the act itself done up against a wall, man and woman up on their toes, straining so hard their knees tremble with the excitement that’s in it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z My shirt, uncomfortably tight, buttons straining across my chest, is pit-stained, damp patches clammy beneath my arms. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Fighting him, Maniac, straining to get loose and bust some Cobras. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His sweat-slick face was a mask of anguish, his every muscle straining as he leaned into the big piano, moving it by brute strength inch by inch through the wide doorway. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He rose halfway up in the saddle, holding Seabiscuit back, his leg straining under his weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked up and found I was at the feet of Artemis, still straining under the weight of the sky. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Every weekday, and even on Saturday when times were good, I could watch the black coal cars rolling beneath the tipple to receive their massive loads and then smoke-spouting locomotives straining to pull them away. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The loss of food has also struck hard at the swallows that cruise the skies, straining out the aerial insects as herring strain the plankton of the sea. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He looked up at the ceiling, then at the floor straining to remember. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She was standing at the kitchen counter straining herbs, along with half a dozen other women. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The power occasionally ebbed due to problems with the generator, so Kemmler’s body would unpredictably slump, then sit upright again, every muscle straining against the straps. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I am straining, tasting that echo a second longer. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z For an eternity they hung in space, screaming and straining and reaching for something to catch on to. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But when you’re reaching like that, straining for the ball, you start to tense up and then you can’t do anything with the ball even if you do get it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Judy could see past her and saw that every kid in the room was straining to listen. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Over half the cargo had been loaded, but the waves were pitching and the Current was straining at her moorings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Will looked back through the window at Lyra, and saw her face, moonlit and wide-eyed with fear, biting her lip to keep silent and straining to hear, as he was. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She had walked to another county once, hoping to trade some fabric she had sewn into filters for straining liquid in exchange for corn we could eat. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then out surge hidden police, their big dogs straining on leashes, lunging for people and barking. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Students stood under the last line of lanterns, their fingers curling through the plastic- coated wire of the fence, peering into the vast blackness, straining for a glimpse, a scrap of sound. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Chin high, he staggers across, stumbling on the uneven riverbed, lurching into the hollows, straining against the current. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Faro was straining on the leash and was in the water almost before Mr. Loomis knew what was happening. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z An Erudite girl by the door reaches out to grab the boy’s hand, straining, but he is too far behind. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z When she finished with barely a whisper—“Can you hear it/”—and leaned with her cupped hand to her ear, fifteen hundred people seemed to inch forward, straining to hear. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Jeanne’s throat was straining, and tears were streaming down her face. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The white marble plaza was a solid mass of people, all yammering excitedly at each other and straining to get closer to the Great Sept of Baelor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The ranges of the four voices overlap, but singers may find themselves straining or getting an unpleasant sound at the top or a weak sound at the bottom of their ranges. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The sun was still straining to clear the east end of the grandstand when the Howards pulled up to the barn. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A quiver of moronic panic spread from one straining brute face to another. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Hands wrap around my arms and shoulders and chest, forming a cage of flesh and bone, but I keep straining toward her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z To find the snails crawling along the rocks, these tiny wet beings straining calcium from the water and spinning it into polished dreams on their backs—it is enough. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He took a deep breath, as though I was straining his patience. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z We were moving up a hill now, the mules straining forward. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Dinner found Isaac straining to make conversation over spaghetti and bannock while our guests glared at each other and watched the windows. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Emily practically bounced in her seat, she was so excited, straining to read every street sign the bus approached in hopes that they would reach their stop already. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And only when the engine and baggage cars were well past did the air brakes give their screaming hiss and the straining iron protest to a halt. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Major Danby protested, his bulging eyes straining in their sockets with tortured awe and exasperation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There he paused, breathing hard, his ears straining for any sound below. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They were a weight straining against her arm until she got home, and she took them straight upstairs to her mother’s studio. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I had been breathing hard, straining, trying to get at him. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z There were several open wooden crates on the ground at his feet, and Fang was whimpering and straining at his collar, apparently keen to investigate the contents more closely. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And not just beautiful, but hot, too, with her breasts straining against her tight tank top, her curved legs swinging back and forth beneath the swing, flip-flops dangling from her electric-blue-painted toes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes I’d find him in home improvement, sometimes in philosophy, sometimes in fiction, his arms straining under the weight of all the books he was considering buying. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Some migrants stand on top of the train, straining to see the migra agents up ahead. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As they stood straining their ears, they heard a noise like a wind coming in the distance. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Smithers stood up, his legs straining to take the huge weight. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I leaned forward, straining to see through the barrier of light. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In Hazel’s mind, green branches were straining in the wind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z While straining in this way, focusing every erg of energy on his eyes, his bowels suddenly opened up, and before he could realize what he knew, liquid stools were running down his legs. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain saw him straining, grinned, and took him up to the con where a scope and photograph system shot distance pictures of the horizon and then magnified them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In their terms, a genius, a god, was loitering on the periphery of their world and they were straining for her attention. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I bolted up, straining against the BiPAP, and felt Mom’s arm on me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She held Neewo through the night, dozing with him, waking when he thrashed, cleaning him, bathing with cool water his forehead and his tiny, straining, bony chest. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He leaned closer, straining to understand her words. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Mark feels as if his arm is about to be ripped from its socket, his muscles straining, screaming. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Harry noticed that they seemed to be straining to escape the straps holding them inside the box. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The apple floated and spun right above the boar’s nose, and the boar went nuts, straining to get it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Instead, Emily, breathing quietly in the darkness, gauged the state of the household by straining to listen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Ears straining, even in sleep, for the sound of footsteps on the stairs, not even footsteps, just the creak of the stairs, and she was awake, because it meant Miss Susan was coming home. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I look behind them, straining to see what follows. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As I made my way up from the river, the trail was clogged with trekkers, yakt trains, red-robed monks, and barefoot Sherpas straining beneath back-wrenching loads of firewood and kerosene and soda pop. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “You surprised me,” the goddess said, straining under her burden. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He saw the guests and guards, standing too, straining forward, some nearly falling over the rail as they cheered him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Not even when I passed John Henry straining against the grasp of several bosslings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His mother straining forward to lash at him, just out of reach now so that the belt swishes past his shoulder as he writhes and twists away from it on the floor. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They were moving purposefully, all together, straining to stay near one another, and the doctor’s flashlight swept the hall and stopped at the great front door, which was standing open wide. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He cringes and shivers, straining against the straps that hold him fast to the table. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I paused on the path, my ears straining to catch the tune. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Puzzled, they stood alert, straining to hear if more would come. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I know my face is pained like a dog straining against a muzzle. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And he really, really didn’t like the sound of the pulleys straining themselves. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The wagon made a wide turn around the bend in the path, the horses straining mightily. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave up straining to espy, past the apparently real, something denser. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I crouch against the wall, straining to hear, but the voices fade as the men walk away. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A few other women worked nearby, weighing dried leaves or straining tinctures. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Ranofer pointed to the coarse linen straining cloths hanging below the bench. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z A simple image entered Cole’s mind: a tiny sparrow in a nest, helpless, neck straining upward, mouth gaping open. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Wooed by both men, Cristiana favored Rosencrantz, I think, but each was greeted with the same coy laugh and the same broad view of her bosom straining beneath its artfully loosened bodice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z De la O would be awake for two hours, straining his ears, alert for any sounds of someone creeping toward them—a snapped twig, the sound of fabric brushing against a plant. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Other boys were jumping rope, jerking up and down like mechanical jacks-in-the-box, or straining on leather floor mats until their neck cords popped, or slamming medicine balls into each other's stomachs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The other mice of the council leaned forward, straining to make some sense of the word that the Head Mouse had just uttered. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z My body is straining toward him, every muscle, but I know there’s nothing I can do for him right now. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Every tendon is straining, stretched taut like the muscles of cows at the butcher shop that had died in fear. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My stint at the university had left me feeling worn out, putting me in a far-from-perfect juggle while also straining our finances with the expense of child care. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He continued on until the point of the wand seemed to be pulled strongly downward against his straining arms. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There is only plunging night and owls calling from the trees and bats straining insects above a roadside ditch. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Emily practically bounced in her seat, she was so excited, straining to read every street sign the bus approached in hopes that they would reach their stop already. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Please don’t get angry with me,” he said, his voice straining almost like the boy’s. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The first time she tried to pull back on the string, she could feel the muscles of her neck and shoulder straining at the effort. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He liked to sit in the room and watch Aron’s face straining with effort to learn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He stayed there, pressing his ear to the cold concrete floor of the hut, and straining for the sound of movement, for footsteps. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I could see his body jerking, convulsing, straining against the rope as his screaming went on and on. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The black sail was seen by his father, King Aegeus, from the Acropolis, where for days he had watched the sea with straining eyes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy was sitting in front of the shack on an old plastic bucket turned upside down, straining his eyes to find the words on the page. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z When he opened them, he saw that the soldiers were standing absolutely still, straining to listen. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Henry freezes, standing there all artistically posed with his thighs apart and one knee up, the fabric straining. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I fought my way to the front of the crowd, straining against hands that felt like wings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They walked more slowly, ears straining for the faintest sound. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It was so quiet that he half-thought he was imagining it, but he stood stock-still, straining to listen. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the straining darkness I felt his body moving with desire, his hands on me were trembling, and I felt my senses opening like a flower to his urgency. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The cat leaped on to an overhanding rock, and as the hollow, raucous howl went ringing back and forth again the dogs turned questioningly, their eyes straining to seek the reality of the call. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sefia looked eagerly for the familiar rectangle of the book and was relieved to see its outline straining against the leather. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I stop straining against the bonds securing my hands, since there ain’t no use to it and all I’m doing is giving myself a fine rope burn. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Her hair was long and curly and hung in a thick braid down her back and gave the impression of straining to burst free. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I had listened, but still the voice of Beyond was silent to my straining ears. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Frantically he gagged harder, twisting his head, straining until he felt blood vessels bulge on his face. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The ladybug’s shell split, turning into wings as the house came unmoored; neck straining, Grover was dragging it behind him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood frozen with fear, probably straining all those math brain cells to calculate how big a wedgie he’d just earned himself. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He sat, straining to hear where the storm was. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Then he swung his legs over the side of the bed and put on his shoes, straining every nerve to hear the sounds from downstairs. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily stood irresolutely in the hall, wishing to be in no particular room, straining for the voices of the searchers outside and—if she was honest with herself—relieved she could hear nothing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Was he not heightening the horror of his own end by straining after a flickering hope? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The figure’s flattened ears and straining muscles convey her death throes with convincing realism. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z I yelled, straining to make myself heard over the tempest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The nightmare monster gave a roar and pulled harder, its fists straining around his mother’s body. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Deoch ran both of his hands through his blond hair and arched his back in a great stretch, the muscles in his arms straining against his shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There were a few boys from his school leaning over a metal fence and straining their necks. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Otto swerved around a frozen cat and hopped the curb at Main Street, his brain straining in the midst of exhaustion. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was so real to me that I could scarcely eat my lunch, and I kept straining my ears to hear the telephone should it ring. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She stands on her tiptoes behind several taller people, straining for a good look. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The bell rang, but neither of them heard it, grunting, straining, slugging, and then everyone was in the ring pulling them apart, grabbing their gloves. ". . . by unanimous decision . . . Elston • Hubbard." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched her father pace back and forth, straining to hear his son’s next wheezing breath. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He stood, always, with his head slung forward and his lips in a pout, like a man straining to remember something. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The cluster of kids surged forward with a unified wail, hundreds of hands straining forward. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She arches her spine until she floats on her back, straining to hear the notes of the Alhambra at midnight. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked down at his fox, still straining to follow his new family. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He came forward, straining his eyes to see if any traces of Mary were in the furnace. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z On the other side of the barn, another cow and the horse were tied to the wall, straining to get loose. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Every sentient being straining and pushing at the shell of identity and distinctness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I laugh, because we’re all like little windup toys, straining at the springs. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Always she waited, her eyes straining to make out the figure on the prow, and always, at the sight of those strange, glistening white figureheads, her heart sank. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Freckles is working himself up a little, the top button of his white shirt straining. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z War Admiral, straining with all he had, was losing ground. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he screamed, with the pain and fear, and skittered on his backside up into the comer of the shelter, breathing through his mouth, straining to see, to hear. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to stand and scream through the gag, straining at the bonds around my wrists. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They all leaned forward straining at the paddles: even Sam took a hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But by straining to recover the factual ingredients in the story, we have inadvertently ignored the most obvious question—namely, what were these two prominent American statesmen doing on the ledge in the first place? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Their words remind him of a more gracious era, of gentler forces straining against the well-worn leash. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They lined up along the raised wooden boardwalk in front of the newspaper office and stood for hours, some of them straining on tiptoe. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They struggled forward against a hard current, sometimes seeming to stand still despite their straining at the oars. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Sounder just couldn’t poke slow enough for your father,” the mother said to the boy as they stood in the doorway, straining and sifting the dark for some movement. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias held the lead tightly with both paws, straining backwards as the sparrow dangled and fluttered over Great Hall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They lay on the edge of the pit, straining their eyes into the dark floor area below. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His cheek flushed; he half rose; then sat; then rose again, straining to hear this new intruder. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Silently they slid outside the small green-painted iron door, Matthias straining his eyes anxiously to see if there were any signs of life in the hedgehog. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The grade of Nineteenth Avenue was so daunting for the engines of the day that watching automobiles straining for the top became a local pastime. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking for concealed closets or panels or knobs, they tapped along the south wall, straining their eyes against the shadows. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Terminus made a straining expression, like he was flexing his nonexistent biceps. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine flapped and jumped and seemed to be straining herself, but still couldn’t shift her shape. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Then, suddenly, when she’d almost stopped straining her eyes with looking at it, the door opened, and people began to come off the motor lounge into the airport. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z But just the same her ears were straining toward the sounds in the back seats, to make sure that everything was going all right. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He was straining so hard to get free that he was practically strangling himself. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Her fingertips brushed against dust and finally something slightly curved, and after another moment of straining she managed to get her fingertips around it enough to pull it out. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He scratched his head, straining for a solution to this predicament. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z One of them might have sniffled, or whimpered, or I might have made that all up just straining to hear something in the little bubble of silence around us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z His family, in fact, had been of very modest means, straining to make ends meet. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Their voices were melodious and unsentimental, almost to the point where a somewhat more denominational man than myself might, without straining, have experienced levitation. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He felt, briefly, like a boy straining over the handlebars of a borrowed bicycle, cresting a high rise, flinging himself into the downhill. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Voices singing and sighing, rising, straining, then surging, teeming with pleasure that burst syllables into fragments of laughter. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I paused, straining to hear any SOS calls. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z My fingers clawed out his throat, our hands grappling together for control, our bodies straining to learn who would live and who would die. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z It flew a short distance before a string she’d tied around its foot snapped taut and it hovered, caught in the air, like a dog straining at its lead. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was away eastward, on his left as he stood under the great stones, staring and straining into the gloom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Have you a Luminous Stone That Lights the Night?” he said, the eagerness straining through his voice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I’m straining against my seat belt, waiting to hear more, when my phone buzzes in my pocket. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z His fingers were higher than the ball and straining toward it so I pulled it down and stretched my body out and pushed the pill with my fingertips. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I scream, straining against my chains and lurching forward as far as they will allow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Sleet drummed slantwise at the great rigid envelope of the craft, making a noise that almost drowned the clatter and howl of the straining engines, and obscuring the view of the ground. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z "I'm looking for the man in charge," I called, straining to locate the voice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the sound of panic itself, mounting and straining toward the extinction they all knew, individually, to be theirs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "But I'm different. You know that. You heard my secret. You heard it. That ain't normal," I explained, my voice now straining, ripping into its own confetti. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I moved relentlessly over the evening, back and forth, straining to remember exact words, telling inflections, any subtle insults or kindnesses I might’ve missed, and my mind—quite willingly—supplied various distortions. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His eyes were vital, and straining to jump from the imprisoning sockets. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It had fallen under the bed, and Celaena knelt upon the icy floor, straining to reach the book. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I am straining and sweating by the time I get to a likely plot of dew-covered grass. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ophie was once again struck by the man’s size, his suit jacket straining against his massive belly. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z His straining faculties manufactured or else picked up a haunted, tongueless fear, by someone retreating from him, someone blown back to the farthest wall of the apartment in an attempt to evade him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “JoJo, don’t push it so hard. It’s straining. Do we have a flashlight?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer reached out, fingers straining into the blackness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Bits of tree bark stuck to his mustache, and his straining face was flushed with exertion. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Many, especially the baleen whales, are placid browsers, straining through vast volumes of ocean for the small animals on which they graze; others eat fish and krill. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And he didn’t mind the sound of the pulleys straining themselves. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As a Caltech graduate student, Carl Anderson spent several days in a packed lecture hall straining unsuccessfully to make sense of Oppenheimer’s class on quantum mechanics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I point to the places within where I feel my gut gurgling and aching, growling and straining. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z As for the dog, he’s sort of taken on his master’s stooped look, muzzle down, neck straining. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Then Encanis grew silent, and the only sound was the hiss of sweat and blood as they fell from the demon’s straining limbs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I hear the straining squeal of bending copper. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “That’s good,” I said, straining to see Monaco’s face, to see if he was telling the truth. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Every Saturday during the winter, when the opera was broadcast, they would sit clustered around the radio in the newsstand, straining to hear the music above the din of the subway station. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon the distant noise of Ron straining to shift the rocks was gone. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The dancers visibly tremble and sweat, straining to hold their bodies still, even their eyelids. Turning the Gestures of Everyday Life Into Art 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z He still screams “Helter Skelter,” the hardest song in his catalog, and gives “Maybe I’m Amazed” a soulful belting, his straining to hit each of those vocal peaks only adding drama and passion. Review: Paul McCartney rebounds at United Center 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The freshest exploration in “The Future Is Analog” is of the role of the office in human society, an ongoing puzzle that urban planners, government tax authorities and corporate managers are straining mightily to solve. Keep Baking That Sourdough, and Change the World 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z But its frantic exertions and straining after wit prove exasperating. Review: ‘Here I Sit, Broken Hearted,’ Answering Nature’s Call With Bathroom Humor 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Soon he, too, appears bound, straining at ropes to reunite with her. Dance Review: Jasmin Vardimon Company Dances at Montclair State 2013-04-21T20:37:31Z But he was far more present on the more involved ones, straining his sturdy but average voice past its comfort zone and looking beleaguered. Music Review: Zac Brown Band at Madison Square Garden 2012-11-18T23:03:59Z Mr. Veloso, an unimpeachable eminence of Brazilian popular music, must know he isn’t straining with that claim. Playlist: Inside a Troubled Mind and Mideast Musical Theories 2010-03-25T19:46:00Z One would think Fallon would be straining to make the obligatorily polite apologies to his oppressed staffers. Let there be late night: A report card on the hosts' return episodes, some better than others 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z I found it structurally overwrought and emotionally underwhelming, straining for higher meaning, eager to wring some last drops of mournful power from a site that is already crammed with official, semi-official and indirect memorials. The newly opened $4-billion World Trade Center transit hub is overwrought and underwhelming 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z You can almost always feel the straining for lapidary brilliance while you listen, especially when he crams the rhymes together, as in this from How Long Has This Been Going On?: Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z Sofiya heaps affection upon Anna, congratulating her on her virtue, straining to prove her innocence, as if she is trying to give her heroine all the encouragement and understanding that she herself never received. Sofiya Tolstoy’s Defense 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z To look at the shirt is to feel one’s eye straining to take in something new, or at least newly reconfigured. Finding Authenticity in a T-Shirt 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z As I waited in a nearly block-long line, I watched customer after customer leave with a paper bag straining under the weight of a massive farm-fresh turkey. FYI: You're throwing away the most flavorful part of the turkey 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Their wives, once as close as sisters, find their relationship straining as Miren becomes more of an “abertzale” — a Basque patriot. Review | ‘Homeland’ captures the personal costs of Spain’s violent political conflict 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Instead, he appeared to be straining to articulate the bigness that the language implied. Review | Bill Callahan found domestic bliss. Then he wrote the great apocalypse ballad of 2019. 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The guitarist Dan Pollock kept freezing and stuttering in his solos, as if he were straining to get through them alive. Playlist: Sonic Stylings Dusted Off or Stripped Bare 2011-01-14T20:17:09Z Too often, when straining to put some daylight between themselves and the Trump administration, regretful Republicans have reached for elaborate excuses and high-toned rhetoric. ‘Why We Did It’ Is a Dark Ride on the ‘Republican Road to Hell’ 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Because we know that it's fundamental to his entire worldview, watching Jackson straining to rhyme the words "spider" and "box" distils absurdism to an intoxicating potency. Jackson's Way ? review 2011-01-09T21:30:01Z Instead of redrafting old gags that don't fit modern sensibilities or worse, straining to recapture past glory, "Coming 2 America" confidently moves to the comedy rhythms of where we are now. "Coming 2 America" takes the crown, delivering a sequel worthy of & less patriarchal than the first 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z But the show feels inorganic and at odds with itself, straining toward mystical expression and physical abandon yet tethered to an earthbound script that meanders for too long before arriving at Cindy’s party. ‘Quince’ Review: A Mexican American Tale That Explains Too Much 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z One was faintly reminded of Laurence Moss from Abigail's Party, straining for a level of sophistication, and ultimately making do with snobbery. The Orwell prize gets Hitched 2012-05-28T09:34:25Z The next time we saw Gyllenhaal, he was all bulked up again, training hard and straining harder as a damaged boxer in 2015’s Southpaw. Desperate times: charting Jake Gyllenhaal’s extreme Oscar ambitions 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z You can almost feel him straining against that limitation. Writing middle-aged men in crisis: Novelists Lindsay Stern and Andrew Ridker in conversation 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Many efforts push, sometimes to a sophomoric degree, against the boundaries separating art and life while straining the limits of the exhibition format. Art Review: Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany 2012-06-14T21:44:01Z For me it is Edvard Munch's late self-portrait Between the Clock and the Bed at Tate Modern, the old miserabilist straining to remain upright between those two heralds of death. The best art of 2012: Laura Cumming's choice 2012-12-15T21:00:01Z The remoteness of some of the language may actually be part of the problem; only in this play did I find myself straining to catch large portions of the dialogue. Theater Review: ‘DruidMurphy: Plays by Tom Murphy,’ at Lincoln Center 2012-07-09T22:58:53Z Mr. Meyers’s screenplay is the stronger for not straining to explain the grubby details of the family’s history beyond what leaks out during conversations. | 'Harvest': The Family That Stays Together Frays Together 2011-05-06T05:30:05Z With its stacked moral deck, student stereotypes and false, halfhearted ending, “Beware the Gonzo” is really formula straining at the seams to be more. | 'Beware the Gonzo': ?Beware the Gonzo? - Review 2011-09-08T23:18:53Z The show became a pressure cooker of misery, straining their marriage and their relationship with their three children. The Galloping Gourmet made cooking fun on TV long before Food Network. Now he’s back. 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z It is as if her last words are still hanging in the air, and we are straining to pick them out from the white noise of history. The Man Booker 2012 shortlist: the authors on their novels 2012-10-12T21:54:02Z It takes no straining to see his point, repeatedly. ‘The Glorious American Essay,’ From Benjamin Franklin to David Foster Wallace 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z The rhino caper ends in disaster and secrets are revealed, many irredeemably straining credulity. Uprooted for Their Husbands’ Jobs, and Eager to Shine on Their Own 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z The new dialogue basically follows the story line without straining to be up-to-date or lamely comic. Susan Stroman’s ‘The Merry Widow’ at the Met 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z You don’t hear the band straining against limitations, or writing at its peak. Review: Slayer’s New Album, ‘Repentless,’ Is Loud and Precise 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Let custard steep off the heat for 30 minutes before straining. Recipe: Ice Cream Base 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z “A Song for You,” the Leon Russell anthem of a musician’s prideful self-pity, wraps an overelaborate post-facto arrangement around a fitful, scattered vocal from 2009: shards of musicianship, straining to cohere. New Music: From Amy Winehouse?s Archives, ?Lioness? - New Music 2011-12-05T17:04:29Z If the pastry kitchen, under Laura Cronin, is straining under the challenge of working without butter and eggs, it doesn’t show. Eleven Madison Park Explores the Plant Kingdom’s Uncanny Valley 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Let custard steep off the heat for 30 minutes before straining. Recipe: Ice Cream Base 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Don’t add too much as you will not be straining the cooked beans. The 20 best breakfast recipes: part 2 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z The Wolfean method seemed to be slipping into shoddy anthropology, complete with an embarrassing use of dialects that sounded like your grandpa straining to be hip. Perspective | How Tom Wolfe saved American fiction 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Then appreciate — please — that you “get along fine” with everyone, especially during a phase that’s famous for straining families, some until they break. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A sibling withdraws, rolling up the welcome mat for family 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Ms. Ross’s own ballad hits were less secure, sometimes straining where they used to glide and entice. Music Review: Diana Ross at Radio City, From Motown to Disco and Beyond 2010-05-20T21:19:00Z He had to convey grief, shock, social dislocation and suspicion, and managed them all without straining at any. Rewind TV: The Fear; The Town; A Young Doctor's Notebook; The Secret Life of Rubbish; Imagine... Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me; Inside Claridge's – review 2012-12-09T00:06:09Z One moody fall afternoon found us in the San Francisco Botanical Garden wandering through a century-old redwood grove in the fog and straining to read the signage about their hardiness and resilience. Finding peace in San Francisco’s storied Golden Gate Park 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Calf muscles straining, arms outflung, he pushed off and propelled himself forward. The day he thought he could fly: How my father broke our family’s silence on schizophrenia 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The artist herself is still the tousled and anxious creature of the previous books, very much a large cat in a bee costume — awkward, unlucky, straining for dignity and supremely lovable. A Graphic Novelist’s Passionate Anatomy of New York 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z There’s no good reason for Raylan to be in this story beyond the demand for a sequel, and you can feel the writers straining with the effort of putting him there. ‘Justified: City Primeval’ Review: Raylan Redux 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Because the cross-bracing becomes denser where the stresses are most severe — for example, where the bridge connects to the towers — at certain points the structure seems to be straining against all odds to stay up. Architecture Review: Koolhaas, Delirious in Beijing 2011-07-12T12:26:40Z At times, it was as if you could see his digressive impulses straining under his shirt collar. A Donald Trump Speech Whose Sunny Spots Came Mostly From the Stage Lights 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The book is very readable, but at times you feel Mr. Browne straining to jack up the drama or consequence of his story. Books of The Times: Why 1970 Deserves Its 15 Minutes of Fame 2011-06-23T21:59:42Z We ran downhill awkwardly, tethered by the tandem harness, straining against the weight of our inflating glider, until our feet left the ground. Heads Up: Gliding in Nepal With a Feathered Guide 2011-11-04T18:39:38Z One gets the sense of a subject straining at his leash, unhappily confined, stubbornly untamed. Taking Another Look at the Author of ‘The White Man’s Burden’ 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Making his own case, Salaliki argued that his partner never paid attention to him because she lived with her parents, straining their communication. Woman sues boyfriend for failing to propose after 8 years of dating 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z It is more a status report on mainstream American movie comedy, operating in a sweet spot between the friendly and the nasty, and not straining to be daring, obnoxious or even especially original. Movie Review: Adulthood vs. Arrested Development in ‘Neighbors’ 2014-05-08T12:00:03Z And that was when I finally saw that both women had the same problem: They were both straining to imitate Marilyn Monroe. The Celebrity Interviews of Yesteryear 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Because you can’t budge — not without straining two families and setting a terrible precedent for ceding control of the guest list for your own life. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Her boyfriend squawks about her ex, who’s also her sister’s in-law 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z And then I thought, "Why am I not just cooking them in the dairy so that I get the whole pumpkin without having to mess with any extra steps of straining and pureeing?" "Pies transform a meal": Take this master class in pie making with Peete's Pie owner Petra Paredez 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Shesays his breathing became louder, and his mouth moved as if he were straining to speak. After the Ebola outbreak, the world moved on. One family didn’t. 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z If we used to claim “epic” proportions in our aspirational straining, we now claim them, lazily, by mere association. An Epic Takedown 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Holidays are approaching, so here are some worthy wines to help us celebrate without straining our budgets. If you pour just one wine this Thanksgiving, make it this food-friendly pinot noir 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Caught between fear and confusion, I fell to the faded hardwood floor, straining to look at the pseudo-crystal chandelier above my head. An orgasm almost killed me! 2013-01-19T22:00:00Z Eric Paddock stood in the bright sunlight outside his Florida home, eyes wide and voice straining. The worst kind of spotlight: When a relative is the mass shooter 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Benoit Jacquot, director of the indelible character studies "A Single Girl" and "Farewell, My Queen," goes for the operatic in his latest feature, taking synchronicities and missed connections to the straining point and beyond. '3 Hearts' swoons over a very French love triangle 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z But it's quickly evident that this is no public television affair — though there is some playful straining against the genre's conventions. No happy trees here – HBO's "Painting With John" is a dark and dreamy contemplation of artistry 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z C.A. cupped his hand and leaned close to the screen, straining to hear them over the squawk of his hearing aids. The Lockdown Gave My Parents a Honeymoon Do-Over 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z This time around, there is no straining against the dimensions of reality, no postmodern backflips. Review | In Nell Zink’s ‘Doxology,’ D.C. punk and modern politics collide 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z There's definitely enough noise and oddness around the edges to keep things interesting, but also enough anthemic straining from singer Faris Badwan to suggest that the Horrors' trajectory leads straight to the arena. Who will make the next Great British Rock Album? 2011-07-14T21:00:02Z He’s not an R&B singer straining for pop acceptance, not a pop singer toughening up with hip-hop-inflected songs. Review: Jason Derulo Glides Across Genres on ‘Everything Is 4’ 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Pulling on pants that were straining in the thighs as well as stomach, for instance, was irrationally troubling. The Unbearable Cuteness of Maternity Overalls 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The ideal is never real, the voluptuous swan or handsome prince is in fact an athlete, sweating and straining, and at the behest of the choreographer’s whim. Review: ‘Degas’ Little Dancer,’ at National Gallery They used the weight of their bodies, tied into the rope and straining at an angle, as well as their hands. In Asia, Tastes of the Sea 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z You could even argue, without straining your voice, that this chronicle of the early days of Mr. Murdoch’s Sun also portrays the ascendance of the populist sensibility that gave us Brexit. How Rupert Murdoch Became the King of England 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Its images — fences, ships, hordes of straining bodies — bring gravity and historical resonance to the song. Review: M.I.A.’s Album ‘AIM’ Juggles Social Consciousness and Self-Assurance 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Their awkward farewell hugs remain, but they appear to be straining harder not to be negative. ‘MasterChef Junior’ and ‘Child Genius’ Test Youngsters 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z “They are men in the best sense of that word, and yet women in the best sense of that word also,” the society magazine Tatler wrote, straining to express what it was trying to say. The Women Doctors Who Fought to Serve in World War I 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z That is, while it’s fashionable in some ways, it doesn’t seem to be straining to capture “what the kids are listening to.” Decoding Obama’s playlist: Inside his summer jams, a hint of what we’ll miss most about him 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z To enter the beguilingly allusive and elusive “Correspondences” is to again be a child holed up under the kitchen table, straining to hear the grown-ups murmur. Newly Released: ‘Communion Town’ by Sam Thompson, and More 2013-12-25T20:57:22Z In that sense, it highlights the plight of contemporary consciousness, straining to assimilate vast amounts of noisy, complicated and contradictory input. ‘Sites of Reason’ Underway at Museum of Modern Art 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z And as one of only a handful of standards in the set, and Mr. Vasandani’s sole concession to swing, “I Remember You” completed the show, while underscoring the restless straining behind it. Music Review: Sachal Vasandani?s Flexible Tradition at Joe?s Pub 2010-06-04T22:06:00Z At Wilbur’s of Maine Chocolate Confections, you can lob a maple maltball from the factory floor to the retail area without straining your arm. Think Freeport is all outlets? Made in Maine shops will show you otherwise. 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z There’s a teenager stuck in a mobile home, straining to dream of a bigger future. Review | Ashley McBryde makes brutal honesty sound bright as hell 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z As captivating as much of "Steambot" is, it feels a little thin as a show, with its dozen pieces sometimes straining to fill the gallery. Kirkland's past meets present in contraption-filled 'Steambot' 2010-11-26T05:01:00Z Duruflé’s Requiem is a beautiful piece that manages to combine a sense of austerity with aural richness: the effect is that of a clear vessel straining at the edges to contain a pulsing light. Runnicles and NSO go French 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Moving outdoors to a field near Storm King’s main building, the whiteness of the final six borrowed pieces is that of a cloud brought down to earth but still straining at its anchor. For David Smith, Sculptor and Painter, a Happy Equilibrium in White 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Moreover, because this "new" method of raising birds for food requires increased inputs of food and water, the environmental impact is increased, further straining the planet's resources. A Chicken That Grows Slower and Tastes Better 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z And whether you’re sprinting through Normandy or straining to pedal up the 13th Street hill in Columbia Heights, you welcome a refreshing drink at the end. Beer of the Week: Right Proper Brewing Kodachrome Dream(ing) 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Otherwise, you have the sense that everyone onstage is straining to see through muck and murk, whether indoors or out. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z Each tells a story of creative straining toward fragile, often ephemeral acceptance. Millenniums of Tribulation 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z In his straining hand, his cellphone began to buzz. Modern Love: What Is Carved in Stone 2011-05-27T17:29:32Z “You will run more efficiently and reduce the risk of slipping, falling or straining muscles,” Hadfield says. What bike and run commuters need to know to keep it up through winter 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z In Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata, Mr. Perahia was able to build up generous arcs of dramatic development through the juxtaposition of that rooting bass line and the emotionally charged harmonic progressions straining against it. Music Review: Murray Perahia’s Powerful Sound Unfurls at Avery Fisher 2014-03-10T20:54:55Z But the layers of intrigue don’t seem deep enough to keep this show interesting after one season and the straining it’s going to have to do for long-term viability are already bothering me. The Family: ABC's buzzed about thriller is an intriguing but generic imposter 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Her pieces and those of guest artists tended toward melodrama and effort, straining for novelty at the expense of ease and craftsmanship. When the dancers let loose, this performance flowed more smoothly 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Note the amazing red-and-black patina and its effect on the straining bodies of “Hercules Slaying a Centaur.” Art Review: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes at the Frick Collection 2014-01-30T22:57:06Z “My career was never based on pretty,” one of the world’s most beautiful women was saying recently, straining a listener’s credulity. Gisele Inc. 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z But maybe that’s just a story I am straining to tell to make sense of disparate comments. Can Daniel Kitson Redefine the Relationship Between Comic and Audience? 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z The year is 1989 and his mother, Donna, is hours into labor, straining to communicate with the doctor as he prepares to perform a C-section. In ‘Deaf Utopia,’ Nyle DiMarco Dreams of Integrating the Deaf and Hearing Worlds 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z They suggest an architect no longer straining to marry his almost fanatically precise architectural language, honed in the Swiss Alps, with some hazy notion of libertine, unconstrained culture in sunny, sprawling and horizontal Los Angeles. Peter Zumthor's plan for LACMA undergoes makeover 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z “Our Mother’s Names,” by Vasks, brimmed with yearning glissando chords, straining upward and downward until the piece dissolved in a fervor of avian whirs and whistles — and not a musical instrument in sight. Latvian Radio Choir demonstrates its might as a ‘great musical power’ 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Sotheby’s on Tuesday denied the allegations, saying the government is straining to bolster a thin case by picking selectively through the evidence provided by the auctioneers. Sotheby’s Accused of Deceit in Sale of Khmer Statue 2012-11-14T00:42:13Z The second juts into the frame from the next room, limp and listless, as if from straining to load a life into a space that won’t hold it. A Chinese Photographer’s Secret Installations Inside His Parents’ Home 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Like his hero, Johnny Cash, he’s a man in black: weathered Levi’s, motorcycle boots, a T-shirt with a box of cigarettes straining the chest pocket. In ‘Carnival Kids,’ a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme With a Twist 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Canellos is protective of his biographical subject, straining to put a charitable gloss on some of Harlan’s more troubling comments from the bench, especially regarding what Harlan called “the Chinese race.” A Supreme Court Justice Who Moved From Defending Slavery to Championing Civil Rights 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z The story, though, is only serviceable, its drastically curtailed dramatic arc straining credibility. Music Review: ‘Blue Monday,’ at the Cotton Club 2013-06-19T20:48:52Z A large white helium balloon bobs above us, straining at its leash like an unruly moon. You'll See (Me Sailing in Antarctica) – review 2012-07-11T14:56:30Z And it’s impossible to watch without unconsciously straining along with the contestants, so visceral is the act. In Maryland’s Strongman competition, lifting, grunting and the ol’ heave-ho More to the point, however, it struggled to convince; the environmental twist felt like straining for relevance and even a touch hypocritical. A Splashy, Messy All-Naked Revue 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z This straining for broader appeal also shows up in the choice of jokes, which lean heavier on dogs and baseball than, say, her more ethnic material. The Comedy Master Who Hasn’t Gotten Her Due: Elayne Boosler 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z The same performance prompted Caryl Brahms to perceive Gough's "extraordinary capacity for keeping speech straining at the leash; for pent-up emotion; and for the cut and parry and flash of word-play". Michael Gough obituary 2011-03-17T19:38:43Z “These are called barbecued moon rocks,” he shouted, straining to be heard over the buzzing of a chainsaw. Front Row: Warning: Artists at Work 2011-07-20T21:45:21Z I arrived merely as a tourist, though one with a specific modus operandi — finding the best the city has to offer without straining my frugal budget. Built on Steel, Pittsburgh Now Thrives on Culture 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z A proto-feminist woman of letters, impresario and poet in her own right, Morewood strikes us in Shelden’s account as a person of imagination and courage straining against the socially imposed constrictions of her time. Do you know the truth behind Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’? 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z I stop straining to follow the cryptic directions, and I start winging it. Review | What is the strange allure of Bob Ross? I painted my way to an answer, sort of. 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The book sometimes feels like what would have been a good piece of long-form journalism straining to expand into a scholarly framework. Review | ‘In Chocolate We Trust’: The bittersweet tale of Hershey’s philanthropy 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Then, every few minutes, the big screen flickers, as if straining, and the soothing colors turn into an array of charts tracking things like “energy difference” and the “current latent noise field.” MoMA’s Daydream of Progress 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Whether the album is actually improbable, or straining against limitations, is another question. Review: ‘Predatory Headlights,’ a Bright Double Album From Tenement 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Thurman's reddening face, the straining capillaries in her eyes, all of it as real as the trauma that resulted from enduring it. Reality bites: How reckonings and the post-truth age ruined pop culture anniversary nostalgia 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z In a landscape filled with stand-ups straining to go against the grain, carving out brands as renegades, Williams is a genuine eccentric. What Makes Katt Williams Great? It’s Not the Jokes, It’s the Performance 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Donaldson famously shouted questions at President Ronald Reagan as the commander in chief strained to hear — or feigned straining to hear — over Marine One’s engines, too. Trump’s favorite venue for making news — or avoiding it — is right in front of the presidential chopper 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Every sinew in me was straining hard; I could barely keep kneeling. After Fifty Shades: five authors offer their ripostes 2012-07-06T21:55:25Z Her gentle bit of indifference not only explains her allure in France but underscores why she isn’t straining for greater recognition in the United States. Up Close: Charlotte Gainsbourg ? Up Close 2011-11-09T23:07:30Z Instead of straining against boundaries that have been forced on her, now she must now delimit her own speech, deciding, for example, how far to push religious taboos. Freedom brings new challenges for Myanmar writers 2013-02-05T13:08:12Z However, additional straining may be required if you don't like too much texture in your dessert. How to use corn in late summer desserts, from refreshing ice cream to seasonal fruit buckle 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The later plays often depart radically from realism and the standard two-act tradition — sometimes effectively, sometimes with an air of straining after then-fashionable forms. Theater: New Light, Long After His Sun Set 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z Slowly, the angled leaning and straining eased as the net and its catch reached the very shallow water and could be pulled up onto the sand and picked over for fish. In Asia, Tastes of the Sea 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z In slow motion, to music taken from Ennio Morricone's epic soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in the West, he twirls its white lash, face contorted and biceps straining. Artist of the week 118: Salla Tykk? 2010-12-22T15:30:37Z Ms. Kuhn conveys as much insight and empathy as more overtly dramatic singers without straining for a showstopping theatricality; her delivery is refined but not prim, her intonation impeccable. Judy Kuhn’s Homage to a Family of Composers in the American Songbook Series 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z For you, that means your DVR is straining at its seams. 'Halt and Catch Fire' and the Blessings of 'Peak TV' 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z He documents them exhaustively with audio, video and photographic evidence, like a lawyer straining to make a case. Festivals In Review: Warring Relatives and Joking Rabbis 2011-01-15T00:29:04Z Like most visitors to the island that day, Mr. Kerns did not look as if he was straining terribly hard. Three New York City Waterfront Hotspots This Summer 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The first thing you encounter on the path to the pavilion is a bronze tableau by the Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo of enslaved African men and women straining against their shackles in panicked alarm. A Memorial to the Lingering Horror of Lynching 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Khomenko’s portraits depict ordinary working-class people buffeted by social forces, their bodies straining against the boundaries of the canvases. In Miami, a Ukrainian Art Show Becomes Unintentionally Timely 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z The distraught Mojdeh spends much of her time with her ear to the wall straining to hear incriminating evidence of the possible affair. Review: ‘Fireworks Wednesday,’ a Domestic Drama From Iran 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z A much higher number of kegs are being returned untapped than usual, straining distributors and retailers. Millions of gallons of stale beer cause troubles for industry 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The decision not to display the newly commissioned work was another example of how differences over the Israel-Hamas war are straining artists and cultural institutions. El Museo del Barrio Rejects Artwork Featuring Palestinian Flag 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z As a portentous voice-over intones, we watch images of the characters on their yachts and in their fancy cars, their beautifully tailored suits straining to contain their meaty gym bodies. Movie Review: ‘Race 2,’ a Bollywood Sequel From Abbas-Mastan 2013-01-26T00:31:29Z With fiscal austerity squeezing culture budgets, student debt swelling and many arts institutions straining to woo audiences, struggling artists abound: Sitters Studio, which offers the artsitters, says it sees 75 applications for each hire. Admit One: Sitters Studio, a Service Employing Professional Artists 2013-12-05T21:38:14Z Data show that straining to perform fewer repetitions of much heavier weights greatly increases the risk of injuries to cartilage, tendons and ligaments, without offering much benefit over lighter weights. You’re never too old to regain that lost muscle. And you can do it at home. 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, you’re straining to hear anything to support a case for his being committed to you, and then focusing on that. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He sends mixed signals about our future. But are they really mixed? 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z The series is beautifully shot, of course, and the camera perfectly captures the tense thrill of horses straining at the gate, waiting for the bell. | 'Luck': ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman on HBO 2012-01-27T12:00:00Z It does not, alas, deliver characters or conditions or insights that connect with anything like the human condition in the real world, and so all of its brutal straining comes to very little. ‘Haints Stay’ turns the Western on its ear 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z For long stretches, Jamie McRae’s camera, adopting a child’s-eye view, patrols shadowy hallways and crawls along floors, its eerie angles and haphazard exposure settings straining the eyes and disorienting the mind. ‘Skinamarink’ Review: Night Terrors 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z After 20 minutes of simmering an eighth in olive oil, then straining, I got a blackish, bongwater-smelling product. I tried recipes from the Cannabis Kitchen Cookbook, then I needed a long nap 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z The minute after I got the shot, there was a creaking and straining, and the platform collapsed. Photographer Dmitri Kasterine's best shot 2010-08-11T21:30:00Z By outward appearances, Pentatonix is a coed assortment of five cheery humans, but their arrangements and production yield an unnervingly airless experience; they often sound as if they were straining to pass the Turing test. Review: Straight No Chaser and Pentatonix, a Cappella Sounds 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Snails and anchovies seemed to be straining to keep a $55 prime rib from seeming ordinary and slightly dry. At Momofuku Nishi, David Chang’s Magic Shows a Little Wear 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Talented and uncompromising in equal measure, this season’s winner is throwing elbows from the first episode, straining HBO’s checkbook and everyone’s patience. What to Do This Weekend 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z As a native New Yorker and stubborn pedestrian, I learned this the hard way, when I tried approaching on foot and wound up in a scrum of gawkers straining against a fence on Hollywood Boulevard. An Oscars-Night Diary 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Let custard steep off the heat for 30 minutes before straining. Recipe: Ice Cream Base 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z If the undercarriage brushes are exerting excessive power and straining to rotate, the 650 will reverse the brushes’ direction of rotation to free the tangle, then move forward slightly before starting up again. Best new robot vacuum 2012-11-25T16:59:00Z Whose freedom is it, really, when some have powerful, expensive megaphones and others have laryngitis from straining to be heard, even though they’re allowed to rant? The truth about the "campus free speech" crusade and its myths that won't die 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z We all squeezed together on the bank of the river, straining to get a view of the bridge, which was dotted in colorful lights. White Nights and Cheap Days in St. Petersburg 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z There, too, the scenario forces the protagonist upwards in a straining gesture towards human triumph over an anti-human enemy: these are climbs towards transcendence. In "Blade Runner," who are the androids and what do they dream of? 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z For starters, excessive amounts of eye contact can become straining and intense, Bailenson notes, explaining that feeling the pressure of being watched or listened to can be anxiety-inducing. 'Zoom fatigue' is real, research suggests, and its leading to burnout 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z He boiled the stock furiously for 20 minutes until it thickened, then turned it down to a simmer before straining in a sieve. In Search of the Real Bouillabaisse, Marseille’s Gift to the Fish Lover 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Because it's set in Australia, it's got all those lovely colours – you're not straining to look at the TV. Karla Crome's favourite TV 2013-02-25T12:00:03Z Ms. Karr, so thin you can see muscles straining beneath the skin, crouches behind one row of chairs. Dance Review: ?The One,? Lyndsey Karr?s Dance of Women in Love 2011-10-22T02:03:54Z "We are doing live TV right now," she says, her voice straining not to break as she keeps on trying to save Osbourne from herself. Sharon Osbourne's meltdown defense of Piers Morgan was a live lesson in misogynoir 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z There’s something addictive about “Hamilton,” and that’s partly a result of spending three hours fully concentrated on sound and spectacle, straining to get every word, alongside hundreds of other people doing exactly the same thing. Perspective | Art by heart: ‘Hamilton’ is opera for our time 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z His take on gays in the military: “Anyone dumb enough to be in the military should be allowed in,” he said, before straining to explain the hypocritical stance by performing one soldier’s perspective. Bill Hicks, Revived on Video to Jar Viewers Out of Apathy 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Iggy Pop is wearing a pair of straining blue jeans, no shirt, and silver lamé gloves. Where Punk Rock Begins 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Heiden’s experience was echoed by many others who used words like “exhausting” and “frustrating” to describe an evening of straining to follow along with the action onstage. ‘Matilda’ complaints reflect Kennedy Center’s acoustic issues 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z There’s a longstanding tradition among critics of straining to affirm the importance and the social value of the art of movies in order to spare themselves the feeling of frivolity and hedonism. These So-Called Bad Movies Prove the Urgency of Film Criticism 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z And you don't need a fancy blender to yield something velvety enough to skip straining altogether. This magical basil cream sauce doesn't need any cream 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Her delivery of the solo part is preoccupied with quirky rubato, unusual accentuation and unexpected dynamics, as though straining toward an original statement that hasn’t quite gelled. CD reviews: ‘Considering Matthew Shepard,’ 18 years later 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z His image of a line of pallbearers straining to carry a coffin at a Kiowa funeral has the solemn grace of an ancient Greek frieze. Photographs by Horace Poolaw at National Museum of the American Indian 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z This year might be a write-off, but I know that you can come back transformed in 2014, straining at the leash to be better than ever. Has MasterChef gone off the boil? 2013-04-03T11:31:15Z By straining, arching and jumping against her restraints Ms. Aceto created metallic shimmers and rumbles inside the piano. Review: MATA Festival’s Sounds of Play 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Such over-familiarity may account for the fact that Lucy Bailey's new production seems to be straining hard to be different. The Winter's Tale – review 2013-01-31T13:14:04Z By straining at the limits of his tiny budget and considerable lack of skill, he accidentally turned out an unintentionally charming classic. Birdemic 2: it'll be poultry in motion 2013-02-13T11:50:27Z She is straining every sinew in the hope of still being able to pull from the Eternal Forge of Awfulness a hand-crafted piece of ordure as impossibly bad as Gigli. Film review: The Back-Up Plan 2010-05-06T22:10:00Z But he’s at a stage where he can’t see himself through that lens: “There’s no way to pull it out of the muck of my everyday strainings and efforts.” Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk: ‘Trump’s ego is so destructive, it’s hilarious. Until he gets elected’ 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z My jokes were straining and full of strategies; his were effortless—not jokes at all but bulletins from a complicated man travelling through a particularly funny band of the space-time continuum. Garry Shandling’s Benevolent Spirit 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z And if foam still forms or persists, try straining the smoothie through a fine-mesh sieve, or pour your smoothie into the cup slowly, using a spatula to hold back the foam in the blender. The most common smoothie problems (and how to solve them) 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z “You’re straining your ears to hear the sound of the stone hitting the surface of the water, and that’s what I want you to do now, imagine that you are waiting and waiting and waiting.” Will Fish Sauce and Charred Oranges Return the World Covid Took From Me? 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z No straining was required for either, their texture already thick and decadent. DIY yogurt beats the store-bought stuff From the angle of their bodies, each seemed to be straining — and failing — to push the other back. Dance performance as a high-tech journey into the esoteric 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z It’s touching, watching performers like Ms. Hathaway and Mr. Redmayne giving it their all, complete with quavering chins and straining tendons. Movie Review: ‘Les Misérables’ Stars Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman 2012-12-24T22:48:43Z I found myself wrestling with my own uncertainty, trying hard to remain unobtrusive, straining for the right balance between being invisible and turning into a mother lion. The Ecstasy and the Agony of Being a Grandmother 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Documentary snapshots of Sylvia Palacios Whitman show her in white pants and tank top straining against a taut elastic cord wrapped around her waist. 'Radical Women' at the Hammer Museum is a startling show you need to see, maybe twice 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Her body was recovered from the pond that morning, in a position that suggested she remained alive — and straining into an air pocket — for an uncertain amount of time. What really happened at Chappaquiddick? A new movie explores the truth we’ll never know. 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Mildly tangy Greek yogurt owes its thick, creamy texture to a straining process in which some of its whey is drained off and discarded. Perspective | Confused by the many yogurt options? We can help you sort them out. 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Rather than straining for reinvention or an updated sound, the quartet aims to hone strengths: High-octane melodies delivered with a minimum of fuss or filler. Album review: Redd Kross, 'Researching the Blues' 2012-08-07T04:24:00Z Four horsemen are straining at the bit, there’re some winds that are very restless, and there are a lot of locusts that are getting under everyone’s feet. Books of The Times: ?The Land of Decoration? by Grace McCleen 2012-03-21T22:17:22Z As “Troop 6000” opens, Burgess is straining to pay rent for her family of six on her salary as the office manager for a Manhattan dentist. For Homeless Girl Scouts, It’s Not All Badges and Cookies 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z It begins a bit too casually, with Houston chugging along in a raspy voice, straining to hit the notes as the crowd sings along. Whitney Houston's cringe-inducing comeback 2010-04-14T20:45:00Z It’s all grating and sophomoric, from the first straining moments to the inevitable happy-ish ending, which comes two intermissionless hours later. Theater Review: ?Leave the Balcony Open? at 3LD Art & Technology Center 2012-02-13T22:42:57Z Whatever policy steps might be on the table, self-regulation in the tourism industry is no longer sufficient, said Ms. Brooks, who adds that Antarctica is already straining under its many pressures. Tourism in Antarctica: Edging Toward the (Risky) Mainstream 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Elsewhere, Ms. Lambert seemed bound by her agenda, pushing toward an equitable outlaw license, or straining against the strictures of genre and gender. Miranda Lambert, Rowdy in the Catskills 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z That “nearly” is the movie’s hitch — after following all of the story beats of underdog victory, you feel the filmmakers straining to give the movie the happy ending it so desperately needs. ‘Definition Please,’ ‘Cyrus’ and More Streaming Gems 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z There are long scenes where Song undercuts the solemnity of a funeral by straining for a poo. My streaming gem: why you should watch The President's Barber 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z What matters is that you both decide on shared standards, then both decide how to satisfy the spouse with higher standards without straining the marriage. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Keeping the mess out of the marriage 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z He proceeds to twist and curl himself, with much excruciating straining. “Burlap” 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z At the time, I found myself straining to care; in hindsight, the devastation of that encounter is all too clear. 'The Leftovers' Recap: Looking Back 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z “I’m straining to get this idea; I can’t really get it,” you know? The director of Folger Shakespeare Library on inventing words, abusing language 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Even as the script falters, that history and Prince-Bythewood’s direction imbue “The Women King” with an intensity that’s manifest in every fight and in the clenched faces and straining muscles of the warriors. ‘The Woman King’ Review: She Slays 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z You get the sense that every word is straining and bursting with meaning. Booker club: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 2011-03-04T11:00:46Z The 10-year-old Hiccup became a teenager, much to the relief of Jay Baruchel, who was straining his adult voice unnecessarily in early recording sessions. 'How To Train Your Dragon' co-director Dean DeBlois now calls Seattle home 2010-03-24T23:18:00Z It’s also hard not to notice that before and after Oliver showed up last night, Wednesday’s installment of “The Late Show” was straining a little. John Oliver has a blast on “The Late Show” 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Every so often, you see each running along a street alone, her clothes fluttering and body straining with effort. ‘Lingui, the Sacred Bonds’ Review: Love, Ferocious and Limitless 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Energy and abundance aside, though, it is the dark, quietly attentive poems that impress most, like the fallen jackdaw in one poem, "its neck twisted as though broken / from straining to see the incredible." Poetry in brief - reviews 2011-08-12T21:55:08Z As you move east, the cantilever seems to become more pronounced, as if the cubes were straining toward the view up Madison Avenue. Architecture Review: One Madison Park Hints at a Better Design Future 2010-06-28T22:33:00Z Our last method is a jelly, the result of cooking fruit to extract juice and pectin, then straining away the solids. Preserving the Season at Its Peak 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z But there she goes, straining at the task on “Let Freedom Reign,” the titular anthem of her third album on Def Jam. Playlist: Straightening Out, Rapping and Leading a Band 2010-12-10T20:18:00Z Between predictable, commonplace plot turns and characterizations of music business types that are even more obnoxious than the norm, the movie’s straining for effect is less than ingratiating. ‘Fisherman’s Friends’ Review: A Tale of Unlikely Chart-Toppers 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z It reverberated from the taut raised-waist coats, from asymmetric sweater necklines and from an overall feeling that the designer was straining for ultra-modernity. 2010-01-18T21:04:00Z Not that the character, with Mr. Cooper’s Hollywood smile straining maniacally, appears or sounds ready for ordinary human contact. Movie Review: ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ Directed by David O. Russell 2012-11-15T20:57:57Z And then combining the meat with jarred pasta sauce -- but not before straining the ground beef. Paris Hilton debuts weekly 'Cooking with Paris' YouTube series, makes 'infamous' lasagna as first dish 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z I’m a puppy in training, but when I am straining I just like to do things in Style. Style Invitational Week 1280: A la‘ugh’ a minute with our ‘air quotes’ contest 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z At Salzburg this summer, Barenboim appeared a frail shell of his former self, straining to mount the podium as he led the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the youth ensemble he founded with Edward Said. A Mighty Generation of Musicians. A Moving Final Chapter. 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The idea is taken to further extremes in the straining laborers and exposed limbs of Goya’s “The Forge” of 1815-20, which hangs in the Frick’s West Hall. A Cult Favorite Enters the Art Canon 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z That wasn’t always the case: On her 2014 self-titled debut album, she used often archaic words and knotty diction, as if she were straining to sound serious and poetic. Aldous Harding’s Gloriously Peculiar World of Songs 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Danny has his Burger King addiction — he eats like it’s his job, straining and puffing — while Amy has a sweet tooth, a legacy of her depressed childhood, that she has passed on to her daughter. ‘Beef’ Review: Mad in America 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z In one of Bluff’s shops, there is a miniature re-creation of seven teams of horses straining to pull a covered wagon up a steep rocky road — just as Bluff’s founders struggled. In Utah, celebrating eight decades at five national parks 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z But last year, when I saw “Girl” on its opening night in London, with a British ensemble straining for Americanness, the script often felt labored and imitative. Review: ‘Girl From the North Country’ Sets the Darkness Aglow 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Instead, we infuse the oil with garlic, ginger and spices like numbing and citrusy Sichuan peppercorn, star anise, cumin and fennel, before straining it and pouring it, sizzling-hot, over toasted chiles. Chile Crisp Is Even Good With Ice Cream 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Others clumped right in front, hoisting signs emblazoned with the faces of the victims, straining against each other with the weariness of longtime strikers. The Tragedies of Strangers, from 9/11 to Paris 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z “Really?” she said politely, clearly straining to keep skepticism at bay. Scene/ Seen: Art and Artisans Flourish After Apartheid 2011-02-04T12:00:05Z Screaming Females was all about the race: the rhythm section straining to keep up with guitarist Marissa Paternoster. Concert review: Riot Fest at Humboldt Park 2012-09-17T05:46:00Z The images recalled Roberts’s zombie gig workers straining to buck the system. From the Border, the Whitney Biennial Asks What American Art Can Be 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Either way, it’s so important to get the brodo right, which requires very gentle simmering, straining, refrigerating, de-fatting and reducing to concentrate the lovely flavor. A Feast as Thrilling to Make as It Is to Eat 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Maia’s father has died, further straining a marriage that’s already wobbly from an earlier tragedy. ‘The Visitor’ Review: Let the Wrong One In 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Among his recordings are the sounds of ice straining, tearing and melting in the Antarctic and of vultures picking apart a zebra carcass in Kenya. London, as You’ve Never Heard It Before 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Hall said there is nothing more motivating than seeing an inmate standing on the sidelines cheering on another inmate who’s pumping his arms, straining to reach the finish line. Running with criminals: the prison that helps inmates rehabilitate a mile at a time 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Triple-hulled barges carrying everything from corn for breakfast cereal and cement for construction are a constant presence, led by straining tugboats. Taking to the River in Thailand 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z And the individual sections are, if anything, overcrafted, each straining for its own little epiphany. Mom and Dad Were Spies: Two New Novels Unravel Complicated Legacies, One Secret Mission at a Time 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The production’s larger problem is its straining for a more obvious sort of strangeness. Theater Review: ‘Motel Cherry,’ by Peggy Stafford, at Here Arts Center 2012-06-25T22:46:40Z Nevertheless, much of Redgrove's early work has the over-jewelled brilliance of a poet misapplying his gifts and straining to appear more conventional than he really is. Collected Poems by Peter Redgrove ? review 2012-02-10T22:55:02Z The music is entirely modern, but with no straining after cutting-edge effect. Heath Brothers: Endurance 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z He even plays a boiling potato, straining against a pot lid. Review: In This Solo ‘Christmas Carol,’ the Night Is Never Silent 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Although she seemed a little fragile, she prevailed, singing in sweet, straining and soulful tones about troubled waters, prayer and hope. Bill Clinton and Aretha Franklin Toast Elton John’s AIDS Charity 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z It posed happily with white tourists, she laments, but in her picture seems to be straining to get away. Comedy Gold: Wanda Sykes – Sick and Tired 2013-01-10T16:33:28Z This yearning is especially tangible in Friedrich’s 1822 “Woman at the Window,” which shows his wife, her back to us, straining delicately to see out of a window narrowed by shutters. Art Review: Romantics Shining Clear Light on Daily Existence 2011-04-07T22:30:23Z Mr. Dudamel was less successful, though, at conveying the overall structure of the work, for example, during the slow opening of the first movement, where he seemed to be striving, or straining, for gravity. Music Review: Los Angeles Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-03-18T20:43:32Z I imagine a lot of heaving and straining and choking dust kicked up before the thing finally gets some loft and gains cruising altitude. Game of Thrones Watch: Dark, and Full of Terrors 2012-04-02T11:06:12Z You discover yourself craning and straining to catch her words. Down to a Sunless Sea by Neil Gaiman 2013-03-22T10:19:55Z Let custard steep off the heat for 30 minutes before straining. Recipe: Ice Cream Base 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z If you have time, I’d certainly recommend straining it, as Rebecca Seal suggests in her book The Islands of Greece, simply to make it even thicker and creamier. How to make the perfect tzatziki 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z "You have the odd sensation, watching the movie, that it's straining to get off the ground but simply doesn't have the juice," he wrote in December 1989. 'Christmas Vacation' is a loopy holiday classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z One could see the Heaney of the nineteen-eighties straining, not for total independence but for more freedom than he had given himself, in life and art, so far. How Seamus Heaney Became a Poet of Happiness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Sweating intensely, and with every muscle straining, he played religiously intense folk without the religion, in between tales of teaching music to special-education students. From The Times, the Best Bands and Acts Heard All Year 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z His poached eggs don’t call for vinegar, which provides a chemical solution to a problem that he solves mechanically, by straining the whites and stirring constantly during cooking. Kenji López-Alt’s Obsessive Kitchen Experiments 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z They were so tight; straining over the top of the corset as if they wanted to burst. After Fifty Shades: five authors offer their ripostes 2012-07-06T21:55:25Z It’s not at all surprising, then, to find “The Good Wife” straining to complete its business before the final episode. ‘The Good Wife’s’ mission accomplished: Alicia has triumphed. 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z To fully embrace the experience of failure, not merely to tolerate it as a stepping stone to glory, is to abandon this constant straining never to put a foot wrong – and to relax. Happiness is a glass half empty 2012-06-15T22:00:43Z Ms. Holmes was not straining for her own opinions; after years in a media spotlight, she was just very deliberate about creating her answers. Katie Holmes and Norbert Leo Butz in ‘Dead Accounts’ 2012-11-07T13:00:00Z I felt myself straining to be teacher’s pet. In Italy, among the literary A-list, I find my own siren song 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z It's still possible to criticise an occasional straining after metaphor or simile. Guardian book club: Lorrie Moore's Collected Stories 2010-04-02T09:00:00Z Musically, she also maintains a wide sweep, from lush strings to acoustic balladry to crunching rockers, sounding most comfortable on the tender songs, straining a bit the harder she rocks. Taylor Swift makes sparks fly on new CD 'Speak Now' 2010-10-25T23:45:00Z Pleasingly, almost every dog is followed by a straining lead and then, in turn, eventually, a pair of ankles pounding helplessly after their hairy charge, like exclamation marks in trainers. Sarah Dempster's TV OD: Wonderland - Walking With Dogs 2012-10-12T15:00:00Z Mr. Lee, straining, ends up delivering a sentimentalism that undermines Mr. Church’s performance and this film’s promise. Review: ‘Cardboard Boxer’: Homeless Man’s Redemption via a Diary 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z On the other, it's hard not to be struck by the sense of an event straining for a credibility it will never achieve. Brit awards 2011: Rebrand gives manufactured pop the elbow 2011-02-15T23:00:00Z The ironic T-shirts straining to contain an unapologetic dad bod. Seth Rogen Is All Fired Up 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z There are sections in which you can see Mr. Ratmansky straining to make dances where Sibelius’s music gives him next to no rhythmic assistance. American Ballet Theater’s Shakespeare Program 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Our laundry bag’s seams are busting open, stitches visibly straining. How I became fat: “It’s tough to be a bad-ass girl in a dainty world” 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z To your left is the port, its massive cranes tilting toward the ocean like trees straining for the sun. Exploring Modern Ruins in Southern California 2014-03-19T21:24:02Z It can also be made by flash-frying herbs or spices in olive oil and straining the oil for later use. Here's everything you need to know about making, buying and cooking with infused olive oil 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z By appropriating and embellishing a recognizable history, the art may end up straining our credulity. A Witness Sees History Restaged and Rewritten 2011-02-11T19:47:04Z Such straining does, at least, distract you from the idea of Rachel's "door" "opening" for gormless meat mountain Finn, which nobody really needs to think about. Glee is back but which song will be the new Don't Stop Believing? 2011-01-08T00:05:57Z Poignantly so, straining to the right or left, “you want them to be perfect.” Having a Good Side Isn’t Just for Mariah Carey Anymore 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z A downside that isn’t advertised is that with the straining process, some of the calcium, potassium, B vitamins and other nutrients are also drained off. Perspective | Confused by the many yogurt options? We can help you sort them out. 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z In buying his land, which he calls “Sutpen’s Hundred” — the name itself a straining toward colonial affectation — he treats not with a white man but with a local Indian chief, a Chickasaw. Riff: How William Faulkner Tackled Race — and Freed the South From Itself 2012-06-30T04:00:04Z Going over the grandmasterly games felt too much like school – occasionally interesting, often straining my mind in unpleasant ways. The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon – extract 2013-02-23T08:00:19Z And Watts gives a gutsy performance, straining to crawl out of a hole when Pam makes a misstep or determined to keep John — who makes some errors in judgment — alive at all costs. Naomi Watts survives "Infinite Storm," a harrowing mountain-climbing tale based on a true story 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Behold the disquieting outlines of these huge catamarans, straining malevolently at their moorings, and the brain immediately apprehends the many ways in which they might contribute to your demise. 2010-01-07T14:25:00Z Television commissioners must be straining at the leash for pitches based on phone apps, so here are a few for them to chew over. Draw Something: which apps should be turned into TV shows? 2012-06-20T11:15:00Z “The still air crawled across my skin and shadows reached out their hands. I stared into the darkness, straining to hear past the beat of my own blood.” Review | The original nasty woman is a goddess for our times 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z When she was growing up, Bechdel says, her mother's affection flowed to her two younger brothers, while she was the child straining to please. 'Are You My Mother?': Alison Bechdel's take on the mother-daughter bond 2012-05-10T20:25:04Z The events of the rich and famous have their hallmarks — rooms straining under the weight of pillar candles and 12-piece bands. How Balloons Blew Up 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Still, is there anything more unappetising and sweatily overdetermined than a bunch of white boys straining to convey passion and soul? New band of the day ? No 861: The Milk 2010-09-06T15:38:00Z Out 1” is itself a utopia, straining toward the mad dream of a movie coextensive with life, a fictional obsession that exists to be broken, a dream that exists to be dispelled. Jacques Rivette’s Thirteen-Hour Experimental Film 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z It is in the middle of a city, not on some industrial fringe straining for regeneration. J?rgen Mayer H 2011-03-27T00:04:06Z Most impressively, perhaps, she devotes a sizable section to Coleman’s cryptic and elliptical philosophy of music, which he called Harmolodics, without straining to defend it with academic triple-talk or dismissing it. Lighting Out for the Territories With Ornette Coleman 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z “Chatter,” which closed the set, brought the full band to that level of intensity, straining and fuming. Music Review: The Mike Stern Band Brings Jazz-Rock to the Iridium 2013-12-20T21:27:21Z There's no sense of a constant straining for laughs, making a nice change from the desperation of this season's gross-out comedies. Our Idiot Brother: Paul Rudd on a Couch-Crash Course 2011-08-24T00:20:00Z At moments like these you sense the director straining for laughs. 2010-01-21T05:36:00Z At one point, when Tatum was interrupted by the appearance of a Dutch shepherd straining to lick his face, Bullock rolled her eyes. A ‘Lost City’ Group Chat With Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum and Daniel Radcliffe 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Turner’s long solos in tracks like “The Edenist” and “Sonnet for Stevie” seem to start from zero and contain a great deal of jazz tradition without straining. Barbra Streisand’s ‘Partners’ Is a Duets Album 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z We three laugh, though Cai's is a seal straining to bark. When your friend is dying, it's OK to steal her scarves 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z The drummers — including Mr. Chase and Shahin Motia, who also plays in Oneida and Ex Models — were visibly straining, giving the show a painful but exhilarating urgency as it went on. Kid Millions? New Solo Album Has Maximum Drumming 2010-06-22T21:32:00Z France is grappling with feeble growth and 10 percent unemployment, a gaping trade deficit and high state spending that is straining public finances and was a factor in Standard & Poor's removing its triple-A credit rating. Socialist Hollande ousts Sarkozy in France 2012-05-06T18:33:00Z So from now on, expect the odd one-man band dotted among the straining teens, emotionally purging themselves to a backing track. X Factor 2012: six things you need to know about the new series 2012-08-15T12:37:24Z And in this week’s episode, ‘Casualty,’ you can see the series straining at the seams. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 6: Breakdown 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Some writers embody Hitchens’s line about “living dyingly,” straining to remain themselves, expressing dark humor and secular defiance, downshifting from existential fears to the banal process of death. Meeting Death with Words 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z It's – it's a sure way of straining, if not wrecking, a relationship. Niall Ferguson: 'The left love being provoked by me ... they think I'm a reactionary imperialist scumbag 2011-04-11T06:59:01Z Weeks later we learned that the pain wasn’t caused by a growth spurt or from straining a muscle while playing basketball. Empathy, gentleness, patience: The right way to respond to parents who accidentally leave kids 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z She’s trying to learn English, struggling to make money and straining to please her boyfriend, who treats her like a rehab job with him playing the role of the project manager. ‘Stonewalling’ Review: A Young Woman’s Exchange Value 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Infrastructure is also straining under rapid population growth, and wireless and broadband technology is not yet widely available in many public places. Africa innovations: 15 ideas helping to transform a continent 2012-08-25T23:05:54Z There was no tension here between the illusion and the wizard behind the curtain; it only seemed obvious that this was an artist in a fish tank, straining for effect. Critic’s Notebook: Queer New York Festival Is in Search of Broader Definition 2012-06-18T21:35:46Z Surfing, she adds, “saves the brothers and sisters, and Reid knows the sport. Her descriptions and lingo sound to this nonsurfing reader authentic, insider-ish, without straining.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z His voice, while not huge, projects well into the vast Met auditorium, with only an occasional straining on some high notes. Melancholy Hamlet returns to Met after 113 years 2010-03-17T06:01:00Z Jay Alan Zimmerman, a deaf composer and musician, was used to positioning himself near the speakers at clubs, straining to feel the vibrations of songs he could not hear. A Way to Feel the Music Through Your Skin 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z At night, we listened to the sound of straining ropes and chains. The Plastic-Hunting Pirates of the Cornish Coast 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Menke, Ellesor and I started scrambling and straining to get up and over the boulders, picking a path, getting stranded twice, but pushing on. Waterfalls, Rivers and Rain Forest on Dominica 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z He infuses the spices at room temp and not for terribly long — a few hours, he says — before straining them off, and then heats it only for serving. | Mull This 2011-02-18T15:00:52Z Just when you think he’s about to get too spiritual for real sweat, you will notice every muscle below your earlobes straining. 36 Hours in Tulum, Mexico 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Most of it dealt with Ryan Reynolds looking sad, getting punched in the face and speaking in a voice that suggested he was simultaneously crying, laughing and straining for a poo. Green Lantern: light entertainment 2011-04-06T15:09:33Z Random payouts — what Skinner called “variable reinforcement schedules” — kept punters fixated, straining to detect the machine’s pattern, a jackpot always potentially one push away. Ka-Ching: pokies documentary reveals what makes the machines so addictive 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z They’re still straining to be nice when Shepard pulls out her first concealed weapon. The Concealed Weapons of ‘Kiss Me Someone’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Barreling ahead, straining at the curves, the group sounded wild but focused, down to the end of the line. Music Review: Chris Lightcap and Bigmouth at Cornelia Street Café 2013-06-03T20:11:08Z And while it might not have the indelible charm of other children’s classics, “Crater” does well not straining itself trying to please audiences beyond the family crowd. ‘Crater’ Review: A Rocking Road Trip 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z But the astronomical price of art today is straining the relations between museums and the families of the original collectors who make these works accessible. One last look at Switzerland’s $300 million view 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z As its name suggests, the beverage is brewed cold, a process that typically involves soaking coarsely ground coffee in water, steeping the mixture overnight and then finely straining it. Is there hope for canned cold brew? 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Another misstep is the penultimate “Vanity”, with co-lead vocalist Seth Avett noticeably straining to reach a nasal tone that doesn’t really work. The Avett Brothers’ Slick but Charming New Album 2013-10-18T09:45:18Z The companies’ call centers and websites are overwhelmed and straining under the weight of requests. How to cancel or rebook through third-party travel sites amid the coronavirus outbreak 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Two young black bulls stormed up out of the ditch to fight the middle of the road, muscles straining as they bludgeoned one another with their flat, heavy skulls. The hour you are most alone: how I got trapped by poverty and depression 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z I’ve listened to it on headphones at home and on road trips, tinny car speakers straining at high volume. A Cast Album I Love: ‘Hair’ 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z His patter tends to be less understandable than his patois – even the St Andrews cross bearing bravehearts were straining to catch his mumbled observations. Paolo Nutini 2010-06-16T12:07:00Z Martha's trick to getting a super-smooth filling is straining the curd through a fine-mesh sieve before pouring it into the tartlet crust — because we all know that lumps can ruin an otherwise perfect dessert. 12 Martha Stewart recipes we can’t stop making — from one-pan pasta to slab pie 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z The enormity of the tragedy, the utter senselessness, provoked an outpouring of elegiac verse, often straining to be commensurate with the magnitude of our grief. ‘Map: Collected and Last Poems,’ by Wislawa Szymborska 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z “I have a pimple today,” she says, straining to sift crucial events in her life. William Klein, Who Photographed the Energy of City Life, Dies at 96 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Finally there were moments that felt padded, as if Krasinski was straining to meet a running time requirement. The "Quiet Place" sequel is a fantastic, visceral nail-biter – resonating with our pandemic paranoia 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z The summer brought increasingly helpless scenes as the island filled with refugees, and the local government, already straining under the pressure of Greece’s debt crisis, was unable to help them. A Tragedy Unfolds on Lesvos 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z But even here, Houston never appeared to be straining or show-boating. Kot: Houston had a voice that served the song 2012-02-12T22:06:00Z He's far from original, but not embarrassing, either, a pleasant guy straining to seem abrasive. Meet the inscrutible, electric Hannibal Buress 2011-06-15T21:32:00Z Remove the lamb from the oven and leave to cool a little before straining the pan juices into a saucepan. Amanda Ruben's lamb shoulder and fig crostata - recipe 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z But even while it was still straining to rearm, Britain was never without power. 'She is the Queen, whereas you are Joe Shmuck': Clive James on The Crown 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Stooping and straining, tense and volatile, this skittery line-up is only just steadied by the regular patches of the jockeys' silk colours. From Paris: A Taste for Impressionism, Paintings from the Clark – review 2012-07-07T23:05:18Z In these early passages we hear a voice straining toward sophistication. Theater Review: ‘Sontag: Reborn,’ at New York Theater Workshop 2013-06-07T02:00:01Z I slipped on the bathrobe, stretched out on the daybed and arranged the stack of pillows so that I could see the TV without straining my neck. Tired of the same old home office? Punch the clock in a hotel guest room. 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z As Collins bobbed and weaved, Gideon stood at her lectern, staring up at the ceiling and taking deep breaths, as if straining not to interrupt. Last stand of the Republican moderate 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z “The novel is quietly powerful,” wrote Joyce Carol Oates in her original review, “never straining or exaggerating for effect.” What to Read Before Heading to Movie Theaters This Fall 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z I don’t like the fibrous ginger, but after straining the drink is creamy, with the comforting quality of a warm, yet slightly sweet, soup. Turmeric latte: the ‘golden milk’ with a cult following 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Its tenets and promises, even the merit of its success, are being questioned and recalibrated by a nation straining under the pressures of widening inequality, a lack of affordable housing, and climate change. Is van life a freedom movement or an economic crisis? 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z This show needs to keep us guessing, and so far it’s doing that job pretty well, even if it’s straining credulity. 'Blindspot' Episode 2 Recap: Drones, Scars and Big Booms 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z There is, of course, a case to be made that we are all Winnie now, trapped inside endless days of soul-crushing sameness, straining to keep up the facade. Battered but Unbowed: How Beckett Speaks to a New Era 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Lack of money and our adoption of a Bad Dog! were straining our marriage. Critic?s Notebook: It Was Real, Cradle to Grave. Or Was It Just TV? 2011-10-18T22:32:54Z Yet another lesson: the sound of a B-29 bomber diving and flying like hell, straining its engines to get out of the way, is a sound to take seriously. 2010-01-20T05:19:00Z Drinks and Wine Cocktails reach for Middle Eastern flavors without straining; the wine list is far-flung but tilts toward the Mediterranean. At Nur, an Open-Armed Approach to Middle Eastern Flavors 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z |
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